Sugar cane yields in El Salvador
El Salvador: Sugar cane yields was 95.81 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane yields in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane yields in El Salvador is 95.81 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane yields in El Salvador peaked at 98.02 tonnes per hectare in 2021 and was at its lowest, 36.57 tonnes per hectare, in 1961.
El Salvador ranks 8th of 110 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46.91 tonnes per hectare | 36.57 tonnes per hectare | 55.94 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 74.46 tonnes per hectare | 55 tonnes per hectare | 89.71 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 83.33 tonnes per hectare | 75.29 tonnes per hectare | 89.31 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 79.01 tonnes per hectare | 68.79 tonnes per hectare | 92.62 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.61 tonnes per hectare | 66.91 tonnes per hectare | 91.9 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 88.31 tonnes per hectare | 80.81 tonnes per hectare | 96.54 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.93 tonnes per hectare | 94.44 tonnes per hectare | 98.02 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.4% (2025)
- Rural population 1.56 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 24.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.4% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.4% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 317,461 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane yields in El Salvador?
- Sugar cane yields in El Salvador was 95.81 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sugar cane yields recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 98.02 tonnes per hectare in 2021.
- What is the lowest sugar cane yields recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.57 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
- How does El Salvador rank for sugar cane yields?
- El Salvador ranks 8th out of 110 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane yields rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sugar cane yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.