Agriculture & Rural in El Salvador

3,806 indicators covering agriculture & rural for El Salvador.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Copra Cake — Production 593 t 2013 down 47.1% 35th
Natural rubber in primary forms — Export quantity 0.07 t 2021 — 79th
Mangoes, guavas and mangosteens — Gross Production Value 27,079 1000 SLC 2024 up 161.6% 57th
Cassava yields 16.39 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 0.8% 26th
Cotton yields 1.77 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 22.3% 37th
Raw milk of cattle — Import dependency ratio 0.04 2023 up 300.0% 37th
Raw milk of cattle — Self-sufficiency ratio 0.96 2023 down 3.0% 87th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Revealed 0.02 2024 — 90th
Cream — Export quantity 0 1000 t 2017 — 50th
Harvester and threshers (trade) — Export Value 38.39 1000 USD 2009 down 68.5% 95th
Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the female adult population 11.6 % 2023 down 14.1% 29th
2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (both sexes or no) 928.5 1000 No 2024 down 2.4% 50th
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Processing 32 1000 t 2023 up 700.0% 47th
Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the male adult population 8.3 % 2023 down 24.5% 32nd
Potatoes — Self-sufficiency ratio 0.1 2019 up 11.1% 116th
Potatoes — Import dependency ratio 0.9 2019 down 1.1% 8th
Indicator of Food Price Anomalies (IFPA), by Consumer Food Price Index -0.21 2024 down 128.8% 108th
Brans — Stock Variation 12 t 2013 — 20th
Cantaloupes and other melons — Gross Production Value 1,033 1000 SLC 2024 up 55.8% 65th
Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the total population 9.9 % 2023 down 18.9% 31st
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Gross 96.77 2024 down 5.6% 16th
Kenaf, and other textile bast fibres, raw or retted — Gross per 94.39 2024 down 8.2% 6th
Number of moderately or severely food insecure female adults 1.1 million No 2023 up 10.0% 57th
Sweet potatoes — Production 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged 92nd
Cassava, fresh — Gross Production Value 7,981 1000 SLC 2024 down 3.2% 59th
Wheat — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.04 2024 up 300.0% 51st
Maize (corn) — Import dependency ratio 0.48 2024 up 41.2% 56th
Maize (corn) — Self-sufficiency ratio 0.52 2024 down 21.2% 63rd
Sugar cane — Gross Production Value 173,452 1000 SLC 2024 down 11.8% 49th
Cashew nuts, in shell — Gross Production Value 2,186 1000 USD 2024 up 0.8% 17th
Sesame seed — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.04 2024 down 75.0% 62nd
Sesame seed — Producer Price Index 94.56 2025 up 12.2% 44th
Oilcrops, Other — Processing 0 1000 t 2023 — 85th
Pineapples — Revealed comparative advantage index 0 2024 down 100.0% 88th
Apples — Revealed comparative advantage index 0.01 2024 unchanged 77th
Raw silk (not thrown) — Residuals 0 t 2015 — 8th
2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (both sexes or no) 778.7 1000 No 2024 down 8.8% 50th
Roots, Other — Losses 4 1000 t 2023 up 33.3% 38th
Copra Cake — Export Quantity 0 t 2013 — 35th
Silk — Export Quantity 0 t 2013 down 100.0% 35th
Fish, Body Oil — Production 0 1000 t 2023 — 51st
Jute, raw or retted — Production 176.1 t 2024 up 69.3% 16th
Jute, raw or retted — Gross Production Value 82 1000 Int$ 2024 up 67.3% 17th
Seed cotton, unginned — Gross Production Value 12 1000 SLC 2020 down 94.1% 61st
Roots, Other — Production 48 1000 t 2023 up 11.6% 42nd
Sugar cane — Production 7,200 1000 t 2023 up 0.5% 26th
Sugar cane — Losses 36 1000 t 2023 down 2.7% 56th
Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested 217 ha 2024 up 155.3% 14th
Jute, raw or retted — Yield 811.5 kg/ha 2024 down 33.7% 18th
Number of moderately or severely food insecure male adults (million) 0.7 million No 2023 unchanged 64th
Tomatoes — Import dependency ratio 0.83 2023 down 3.5% 11th
Tomatoes — Self-sufficiency ratio 0.17 2023 up 21.4% 111th
Soya beans — Revealed comparative advantage index 0 2014 — 47th
Stimulants — Processing 0 1000 t 2023 — 32nd
Tangerines, mandarins, clementines — Revealed comparative advantage 0 2024 — 81st
Agricultural machinery nes (trade) — Export Value 97 1000 USD 2008 down 78.3% 83rd
Stimulants — Losses 1 1000 t 2023 unchanged 50th
Green corn (maize) — Gross Production Value 13,480 1000 SLC 2024 up 25.2% 23rd
Cocoa beans — Gross Production Value 1,205 1000 SLC 2024 up 1.1% 29th
Pineapples — Gross Production Value 564 1000 SLC 2024 down 58.5% 58th