Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in El Salvador
El Salvador: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value was 346 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in El Salvador, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 346 mg/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in El Salvador peaked at 406 mg/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 327 mg/cap/d, in 2010.
El Salvador ranks 108th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 327 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 328 mg/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 358 mg/cap/d | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 364 mg/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 364 mg/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 369 mg/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 383 mg/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 394 mg/cap/d | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 387 mg/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 371 mg/cap/d | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 352 mg/cap/d | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 406 mg/cap/d | +15.3% |
| 2022 | 361 mg/cap/d | -11.1% |
| 2023 | 346 mg/cap/d | -4.2% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 346 mg/cap/d is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 481 mg/cap/d, 72% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 346 mg/cap/d is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 390 mg/cap/d, 89% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 364.5 mg/cap/d | 327 mg/cap/d | 394 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 366.25 mg/cap/d | 346 mg/cap/d | 406 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 105 Senegal 353 mg/cap/d compare
- 106 Saint Lucia 350 mg/cap/d compare
- 107 South Africa 347 mg/cap/d compare
- 108 French Polynesia 346 mg/cap/d compare
- 110 Iceland 345 mg/cap/d compare
- 111 Brazil 343 mg/cap/d 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, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in El Salvador?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in El Salvador was 346 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 406 mg/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 327 mg/cap/d in 2010.
- How does El Salvador rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value?
- El Salvador ranks 108th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. 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, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.