Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in El Salvador
El Salvador: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 12,203 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in El Salvador stood at 12,203 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in El Salvador peaked at 19,362 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 7,057 kg/ha, in 1961.
El Salvador ranks 127th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,057 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,337 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 7,520 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 7,492 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 7,922 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1966 | 7,772 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 8,135 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 7,667 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 7,590 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 7,816 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 10,765 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 1972 | 12,634 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1973 | 13,621 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1974 | 13,778 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 10,791 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1976 | 10,462 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 9,726 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1978 | 10,468 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1979 | 11,936 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1980 | 12,853 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1981 | 12,262 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1982 | 11,898 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 12,330 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 13,949 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1985 | 13,949 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 14,242 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 14,140 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 13,538 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 15,178 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1990 | 15,211 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 14,875 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 16,535 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 18,477 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1994 | 19,362 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 17,218 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1996 | 17,189 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 16,060 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 17,853 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1999 | 16,419 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2000 | 17,249 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 16,584 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 16,614 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 15,856 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 14,042 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2005 | 14,260 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 14,001 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 13,553 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 13,046 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 12,439 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 11,879 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 11,796 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 10,576 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 12,642 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2014 | 12,491 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 12,236 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 12,045 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 13,316 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 12,892 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 12,042 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 12,333 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 13,088 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 12,778 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 12,444 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 12,203 kg/ha | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,610 kg/ha | 7,057 kg/ha | 8,135 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,200 kg/ha | 7,816 kg/ha | 13,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,434 kg/ha | 11,898 kg/ha | 15,178 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,920 kg/ha | 14,875 kg/ha | 19,362 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,764 kg/ha | 12,439 kg/ha | 17,249 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,191 kg/ha | 10,576 kg/ha | 13,316 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,569 kg/ha | 12,203 kg/ha | 13,088 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 124 Seychelles 12,285 kg/ha compare
- 125 Botswana 12,224 kg/ha compare
- 126 French Polynesia 12,210 kg/ha compare
- 128 Serbia and Montenegro 11,562 kg/ha compare
- 129 Panama 11,425 kg/ha compare
- 130 Kenya 11,283 kg/ha compare
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 roots and tubers, total — yield in El Salvador?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in El Salvador was 12,203 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 19,362 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,057 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does El Salvador rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- El Salvador ranks 127th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.