Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in El Salvador
El Salvador: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,767 kg/ha in 2020. ▼ Falling
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in El Salvador, 1961–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 1,767 kg/ha for seed cotton, unginned — yield in 2020.
That represents a change of down 33.0% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in El Salvador peaked at 3,429 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 676.6 kg/ha, in 2006.
That places El Salvador 34th out of 94 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 59 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,122 kg/ha | 1,768 kg/ha | 2,445 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,343 kg/ha | 1,983 kg/ha | 2,608 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,077 kg/ha | 1,770 kg/ha | 2,310 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,885 kg/ha | 1,406 kg/ha | 2,596 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 1,696 kg/ha | 676.6 kg/ha | 2,441 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,066 kg/ha | 978 kg/ha | 3,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,767 kg/ha | 1,767 kg/ha | 1,767 kg/ha | 1 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — yield in El Salvador?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in El Salvador was 1,767 kg/ha in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 3,429 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 676.6 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does El Salvador rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- El Salvador ranks 34th out of 94 countries with data for 2020.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Seed cotton, unginned — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.