Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in El Salvador
El Salvador: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 95,809 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 95,809 kg/ha for sugar crops primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in El Salvador peaked at 98,022 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 36,567 kg/ha, in 1961.
El Salvador ranks 9th of 152 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36,567 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 39,615 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 42,944 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1964 | 42,992 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 49,314 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1966 | 51,293 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 55,943 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 53,882 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 49,628 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1970 | 56,882 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1971 | 55,000 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 61,653 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1973 | 74,780 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1974 | 81,502 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 75,456 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 76,370 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 86,029 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1978 | 87,233 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 89,706 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 75,288 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1981 | 82,471 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1982 | 75,302 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1983 | 88,654 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1984 | 86,323 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 85,552 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 86,689 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 82,796 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 80,923 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 89,312 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1990 | 92,622 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1991 | 80,906 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1992 | 86,178 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1993 | 78,822 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1994 | 74,880 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 71,741 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 87,902 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1997 | 74,014 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1998 | 74,246 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 68,792 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2000 | 74,932 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2001 | 82,845 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2002 | 76,916 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 66,906 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2004 | 84,518 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 2005 | 81,161 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 79,981 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 78,472 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 78,472 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 91,896 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2010 | 81,336 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2011 | 85,664 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 88,541 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 92,843 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 85,001 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 80,809 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 91,048 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2017 | 90,170 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 91,158 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 96,536 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 96,341 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 98,022 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 94,440 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 95,024 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 95,809 kg/ha | +0.8% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 95,809 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 45,353 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 95,809 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,838 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,909 kg/ha | 36,567 kg/ha | 55,943 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 74,461 kg/ha | 55,000 kg/ha | 89,706 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 83,331 kg/ha | 75,288 kg/ha | 89,312 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 79,010 kg/ha | 68,792 kg/ha | 92,622 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 79,610 kg/ha | 66,906 kg/ha | 91,896 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 88,311 kg/ha | 80,809 kg/ha | 96,536 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 95,927 kg/ha | 94,440 kg/ha | 98,022 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 6 Peru 101,629 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 67,750 kg/ha compare
- 7 Burkina Faso 101,402 kg/ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 67,277 kg/ha compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 100,119 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 59,706 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54,718 kg/ha compare
- 10 Nicaragua 95,372 kg/ha compare
- 11 Chile 94,432 kg/ha compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 49,357 kg/ha compare
- 12 Eswatini 92,233 kg/ha 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 sugar crops primary — yield in El Salvador?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in El Salvador was 95,809 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 98,022 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,567 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does El Salvador rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- El Salvador ranks 9th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield 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, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.