Cereal yield in El Salvador
El Salvador: Cereal yield was 2,819 kg per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereal yield in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in kg per hectare.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 2,819 kg per hectare for cereal yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield in El Salvador peaked at 2,950 kg per hectare in 2021 and was at its lowest, 937.8 kg per hectare, in 1961.
El Salvador ranks 94th of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,185 kg per hectare | 937.8 kg per hectare | 1,390 kg per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,583 kg per hectare | 1,207 kg per hectare | 1,818 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,744 kg per hectare | 1,555 kg per hectare | 1,950 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,925 kg per hectare | 1,610 kg per hectare | 2,250 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,518 kg per hectare | 1,910 kg per hectare | 2,905 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,630 kg per hectare | 2,288 kg per hectare | 2,910 kg per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,807 kg per hectare | 2,732 kg per hectare | 2,950 kg per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Rural population 24.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 1.56 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 317,461 hectares (2024)
- Cereal production 895,000 metric tons (2024)
- Fertilizer consumption 74.6 kilograms per hectare of arable land (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield in El Salvador?
- Cereal yield in El Salvador was 2,819 kg per hectare in 2024, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest cereal yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,950 kg per hectare in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereal yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 937.8 kg per hectare in 1961.
- How does El Salvador rank for cereal yield?
- El Salvador ranks 94th out of 181 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Cereal yield (kg per hectare). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded. The FAO allocates production data to the calendar year in which the bulk of the harvest took place. Most of a crop harvested near the end of a year will be used in the following year.