Plantains — Food supply in El Salvador
El Salvador: Plantains — Food supply was 20.93 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Plantains — Food supply in El Salvador, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, plantains — food supply in El Salvador stood at 20.93 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is down 13.8% on the previous year and down 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food supply in El Salvador peaked at 32.85 kcal/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 19.77 kcal/cap/d, in 2011.
That places El Salvador 31st out of 140 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Plantains — Food supply in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 22.32 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 19.77 kcal/cap/d | -11.4% |
| 2012 | 26.74 kcal/cap/d | +35.3% |
| 2013 | 27.18 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 27.59 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 28.18 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 31.99 kcal/cap/d | +13.5% |
| 2017 | 32.85 kcal/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 30.96 kcal/cap/d | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 30.71 kcal/cap/d | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 29.39 kcal/cap/d | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 31.04 kcal/cap/d | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 24.27 kcal/cap/d | -21.8% |
| 2023 | 20.93 kcal/cap/d | -13.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 27.83 kcal/cap/d | 19.77 kcal/cap/d | 32.85 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.41 kcal/cap/d | 20.93 kcal/cap/d | 31.04 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 253.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2448 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains — food supply in El Salvador?
- Plantains — food supply in El Salvador was 20.93 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food supply recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 32.85 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest plantains — food supply recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.77 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- How does El Salvador rank for plantains — food supply?
- El Salvador ranks 31st out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food supply rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plantains — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.