Sorghum — Yield in El Salvador
El Salvador: Sorghum — Yield was 1,613 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in El Salvador stood at 1,613 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in El Salvador peaked at 1,843 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 207.5 kg/ha, in 1987.
El Salvador ranks 54th of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 859.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 950.5 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1963 | 950.1 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,007 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 950.7 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 1,066 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1967 | 1,041 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1968 | 1,092 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1969 | 1,125 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 1,185 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 1,241 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 1,118 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 1,314 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1974 | 1,029 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1975 | 1,320 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1976 | 1,251 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1977 | 1,143 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1978 | 1,183 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 1,118 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 1,171 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 1,176 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 1,044 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1983 | 1,113 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 1,209 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1985 | 1,159 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 1,229 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1987 | 207.5 kg/ha | -83.1% |
| 1988 | 1,257 kg/ha | +505.9% |
| 1989 | 1,250 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 1,242 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 1,323 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 1,438 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1993 | 1,525 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 1,496 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 1,497 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,524 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 1,605 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 1,542 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 1,311 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2000 | 1,586 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2001 | 1,544 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 1,843 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2003 | 1,598 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2004 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,586 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 1,840 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2007 | 1,531 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2008 | 1,390 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2009 | 1,713 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2010 | 1,720 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,453 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2012 | 1,320 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2013 | 1,663 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2014 | 1,725 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 1,246 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2016 | 1,463 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2017 | 1,463 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,580 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 1,689 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 1,635 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 1,686 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 1,758 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 1,669 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 1,613 kg/ha | -3.3% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 1,613 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 1,613 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,187 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +505.9% | 207.5 kg/ha | 1,257 kg/ha |
| 1987 | -83.1% | 1,229 kg/ha | 207.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,005 kg/ha | 859.8 kg/ha | 1,125 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,190 kg/ha | 1,029 kg/ha | 1,320 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,082 kg/ha | 207.5 kg/ha | 1,257 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,450 kg/ha | 1,242 kg/ha | 1,605 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,623 kg/ha | 1,390 kg/ha | 1,843 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,532 kg/ha | 1,246 kg/ha | 1,725 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,672 kg/ha | 1,613 kg/ha | 1,758 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 sorghum — yield in El Salvador?
- Sorghum — yield in El Salvador was 1,613 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,843 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 207.5 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does El Salvador rank for sorghum — yield?
- El Salvador ranks 54th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. 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 Sorghum — 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.