Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in El Salvador
El Salvador: Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) was 41 % in 2022. ▲ Rising
Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in El Salvador, 2000–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in El Salvador stood at 41 %. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 51.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in El Salvador peaked at 41 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 21 %, in 2000.
El Salvador ranks 46th of 181 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21 % | — |
| 2001 | 21 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 22 % | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 23 % | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 25 % | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 26 % | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 27 % | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 28 % | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 28 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 29 % | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 28 % | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 27 % | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 27 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 27 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 28 % | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 28 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 28 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 29 % | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 33 % | +13.8% |
| 2019 | 36 % | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 38 % | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 38 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 41 % | +7.9% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 41 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14 %, 2.9× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 41 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 21 %, 2.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25 % | 21 % | 29 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.1 % | 27 % | 36 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 39 % | 38 % | 41 % | 3 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
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 value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in El Salvador?
- Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) in El Salvador was 41 % in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 41 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 21 % in 2000.
- How does El Salvador rank for value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year)?
- El Salvador ranks 46th out of 181 countries with data for 2022.
- Is value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year) rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.9%. 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 Value of food imports in total merchandise exports (percent) (3-year average) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.