Sorghum and products — Food supply in El Salvador
El Salvador: Sorghum and products — Food supply was 107.28 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sorghum and products — Food supply in El Salvador, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 107.28 kcal/cap/d for sorghum and products — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum and products — food supply in El Salvador peaked at 182.2 kcal/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 99.87 kcal/cap/d, in 2021.
El Salvador ranks 8th of 69 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sorghum and products — Food supply in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 182.2 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 169.68 kcal/cap/d | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 151.37 kcal/cap/d | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 151.47 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 152.48 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 113.88 kcal/cap/d | -25.3% |
| 2016 | 130.99 kcal/cap/d | +15.0% |
| 2017 | 104.44 kcal/cap/d | -20.3% |
| 2018 | 118.69 kcal/cap/d | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 114.38 kcal/cap/d | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 114.82 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 99.87 kcal/cap/d | -13.0% |
| 2022 | 114.01 kcal/cap/d | +14.2% |
| 2023 | 107.28 kcal/cap/d | -5.9% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 107.28 kcal/cap/d is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.14 kcal/cap/d, 766.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 107.28 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.44 kcal/cap/d, 24.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 138.96 kcal/cap/d | 104.44 kcal/cap/d | 182.2 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 109 kcal/cap/d | 99.87 kcal/cap/d | 114.82 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 8.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Ethiopia 200.03 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Mauritania 115.13 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Rwanda 110.17 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Melanesia 3.21 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.37 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.64 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Senegal 106.81 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Micronesia 0.49 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Côte d'Ivoire 16.36 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Botswana 91.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Viet Nam 0.06 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Ghana 70.9 kcal/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 sorghum and products — food supply in El Salvador?
- Sorghum and products — food supply in El Salvador was 107.28 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 182.2 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest sorghum and products — food supply recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.87 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- How does El Salvador rank for sorghum and products — food supply?
- El Salvador ranks 8th out of 69 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sorghum and products — food supply rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. 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 Sorghum and products — 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.