Agriculture & Rural in El Salvador

32 indicators covering agriculture & rural for El Salvador.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% 2024 down 18.0% 107th
Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% 2024 up 4.4% 24th
Rural population 24.5% 2025 down 19.2% 144th
Rural population growth -1.4% 2025 up 35.9% 178th
Rural population 1.56 million 2025 down 16.8% 111th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.4% 2025 down 20.4% 116th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.62 billion current US$ 2025 up 24.7% 125th
Land under cereal production 317,461 hectares 2024 down 21.2% 112th
Cereal yield 2,819 kg per hectare 2024 up 13.4% 94th
Cereal production 895,000 metric tons 2024 down 10.7% 111th
Fertilizer consumption 74.6 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 down 50.7% 107th
Land area 20,720 sq. km 2023 unchanged 150th
Agricultural land 11,957 sq. km 2023 down 1.9% 135th
Agricultural land 57.7% 2023 down 1.9% 45th
Arable land 721,000 hectares 2023 up 6.0% 117th
Permanent cropland 7.7% 2023 down 17.9% 40th
Arable land 34.8% 2023 up 6.0% 21st
Arable land 0.1143 hectares per person 2023 up 3.1% 101st
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 4.5% 2025 up 17.6% 117th
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 20.7% 2025 down 26.9% 84th
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 13.9% 2025 down 23.5% 98th
Average precipitation in depth 1,784 mm per year 2022 unchanged 42nd
Crop production index 105.36 2014-2016 = 100 2022 down 9.7% 102nd
Food production index 102.68 2014-2016 = 100 2022 down 5.5% 119th
Livestock production index 98.89 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 1.7% 148th
Forest area 27.5% 2023 down 7.3% 113th
Forest area 5,704 sq. km 2023 down 7.3% 136th
Fertilizer consumption 453.9% 1992 up 3.3% 28th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 72.8% 2022 up 16.4% 70th
Surface area 21,040 sq. km 2023 unchanged 150th
Access to electricity, rural 96.6% 2024 up 8.3% 139th
Agricultural irrigated land 2.0% 2023 up 19.5% 55th