Agriculture & Rural in El Salvador 3,762 indicators covering agriculture & rural for El Salvador. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 55.66 1000 No 2023 up 15.7% 88th SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture share of 1.36 % 2024 up 0.7% 96th SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture 0.3 2024 up 30.4% 84th 2.a.1 Agriculture share of Government Expenditure — Value 1.36 % 2024 up 0.7% 96th 2.a.1 Agriculture value added share of GDP — Value 4.53 % 2024 down 22.8% 96th 2.a.1 Agriculture orientation index for government expenditures 0.3 2024 up 30.4% 84th FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 55.86 % 2023 down 14.4% 75th FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 11.49 % 2023 down 2.0% 125th SDG 2.a.1: highest government level — SDG 2.a.1: Agriculture value 4.53 % 2024 down 22.8% 98th Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.035 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 56.8% 66th Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield, per unit of GDP 0 kg/ha per US$ of GDP 2024 down 42.3% 35th Cassava, fresh — Gross Production Index Number 69.39 2024 down 32.9% 72nd Cassava, fresh — Gross per capita Production Index Number 67.67 2024 down 34.8% 70th Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 357 1000 SLC 2024 down 15.8% 98th Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 693 1000 SLC 2024 down 27.7% 106th Bananas — Gross Production Value 5,424 1000 USD 2024 up 24.1% 62nd Tomato yields 50.89 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 107.7% 56th Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value 1,103 1000 No 2023 up 1.2% 62nd Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 18.87 % 2023 down 30.5% 63rd Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 5.63 % 2023 up 2.6% 85th Gender gap in the share of employment in agrifood systems out of 13.23 % 2023 down 38.9% 10th Surface area 21,040 sq. km 2023 unchanged 150th Agricultural land per capita 0.1895 hectares per capita 2023 down 4.5% 151st Phosphate fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 14.27 kilograms per hectare 2023 down 33.2% 78th Nitrogen fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 42.32 kilograms per hectare 2023 down 46.4% 94th Potash fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 4.46 kilograms per hectare 2023 down 73.9% 123rd Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 42.32 kilograms per hectare 2023 down 46.4% 94th Fish and seafood production 58,000 tonnes 2023 up 5.5% 105th Fertilizer consumption 53,785 tonnes 2023 down 47.7% 99th Fertilizer use by nutrient 37,283 tonnes 2023 down 46.1% 102nd Cropland area 881,000 hectares 2023 up 0.7% 117th Unmanufactured tobacco — Production, per square kilometre 0.0877 t per square kilometre 2023 up 7.6% 25th Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.0435 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 9.5% 25th FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Value 1,103 1000 No 2023 up 1.2% 63rd FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value 39.13 % 2023 down 9.9% 55th Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 401.02 1000 No 2023 down 18.4% 71st Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 14.23 % 2023 down 27.4% 72nd FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 36.37 % 2023 down 19.4% 100th Sorghum — Gross Production Value 30,441 1000 USD 2024 down 29.7% 32nd Sweet potatoes — Gross Production Value 591 1000 USD 2024 up 4.6% 72nd Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, per 0.0821 t per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% 103rd Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested, per 0.0041 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 32.5% 104th Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 38.89 % 2023 down 1.5% 139th Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 61.11 % 2023 up 1.0% 19th Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm -22.21 % 2023 down 5.7% 139th Coconuts, in shell — Gross Production Value 12,322 1000 Int$ 2024 up 13.4% 27th Cucumbers and gherkins — Gross Production Value 3,235 1000 SLC 2024 up 61.1% 95th Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm 701.73 1000 No 2023 up 17.3% 58th FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Value 701.73 1000 No 2023 up 17.3% 59th FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 63.63 % 2023 up 15.9% 47th FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 24.9 % 2023 up 4.5% 6th Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value 173,452 1000 USD 2024 down 11.8% 36th Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested 2,679 ha 2024 up 8.5% 47th Coconuts, in shell — Yield 28,181 kg/ha 2024 up 4.5% 2nd Coconuts, in shell — Production 75,498 t 2024 up 13.4% 27th Coefficient of variation of habitual caloric consumption distribution 0.27 No 2024 up 3.8% 59th Share of employment in agriculture 13.9% 2025 down 23.5% 98th Share of workers employed in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 13.9% 2025 down 23.5% 98th Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 525,207 1000 SLC 2024 up 77.9% 95th Tomatoes — Gross Production Value 16,188 1000 SLC 2024 up 108.3% 115th ← Previous Page 18 of 63 Next →