FAOSTAT · 2024
Agricultural production in El Salvador
According to FAOSTAT, El Salvador produced 895,000 t of cereals, 130,703 t of vegetables, 330,948 t of fruit, 191,383 t of meat and 419,177 t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sugar cane (7.3 million t), maize (785,000 t) and dry beans (100,356 t).
- Products recorded
- 78
- World #1
- 0
- products
- World top 10
- 2
- products
- Year
- 2024
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in mangoes and guavas (+127%), followed by watermelons (+66%).
Livestock numbers: 772,208 cattle, 245,241 pigs, 5,577 sheep and 13,745 goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All sugar crops | 7,310,908 | 30 | 0.33% | +7.8% |
| All cereals | 895,000 | 112 | 0.03% | −11% |
| All milk | 419,177 | 100 | 0.04% | −17% |
| All fruit | 330,948 | 118 | 0.03% | +25% |
| All meat | 191,383 | 109 | 0.05% | +32% |
| All vegetables | 130,703 | 129 | 0.01% | +30% |
| All pulses | 100,356 | 74 | 0.1% | −17% |
| All citrus fruit | 97,730 | 66 | 0.06% | +14% |
| All roots and tubers | 79,461 | 145 | 0.01% | −12% |
| All eggs | 65,596 | 74 | 0.07% | −9.4% |
| All tree nuts | 1,122 | 95 | 0.01% | +0.8% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar cane | 7,310,908 | 23 | 0.38% | +7.8% |
| Maize | 785,000 | 65 | 0.06% | −4.2% |
| Raw sugar | 765,000 | 28 | 0.41% | +7.5% |
| Cow milk | 419,177 | 96 | 0.05% | −17% |
| Molasses | 276,306 | 26 | 0.38% | −8.2% |
| Chicken meat | 167,371 | 65 | 0.13% | +42% |
| Beer | 129,900 | 91 | 0.07% | −14% |
| Beans, dry | 100,356 | 38 | 0.33% | −17% |
| Sorghum | 99,000 | 39 | 0.15% | −30% |
| Coconuts, in shell | 75,498 | 31 | 0.12% | +13% |
| Hen eggs | 65,596 | 74 | 0.07% | −9.4% |
| Oranges | 55,495 | 55 | 0.08% | −16% |
| Mangoes and guavas | 52,679 | 46 | 0.08% | +127% |
| Watermelons | 48,745 | 74 | 0.05% | +66% |
| Yautia | 48,476 | 4 | 12.44% | +3.8% |
| Apples | 44,629 | 62 | 0.05% | +13% |
| Green maize | 44,348 | 21 | 0.47% | +25% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 32,411 | 105 | 0.01% | +12% |
| Coffee, green | 28,488 | 26 | 0.25% | −32% |
| Plantains | 27,190 | 36 | 0.06% | −26% |
| Cassava | 24,172 | 62 | 0.01% | −33% |
| Tangerines and mandarins | 22,013 | 47 | 0.04% | +324% |
| Avocados | 21,332 | 33 | 0.19% | +108% |
| Tomatoes | 21,295 | 111 | 0.01% | +53% |
| Lemons and limes | 20,222 | 50 | 0.09% | +35% |
| Bananas | 20,054 | 80 | 0.01% | +24% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 16,415 | 126 | 0.02% | −12% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 13,383 | 85 | 0.03% | +7.2% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 12,708 | 82 | 0.03% | +117% |
| Olives | 11,460 | 29 | 0.04% | +5.3% |
| Rice (paddy) | 11,000 | 97 | 0% | −74% |
| Margarine and shortening | 10,932 | 58 | 0.08% | −6.6% |
| Cucumbers | 9,215 | 88 | 0.01% | +61% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 8,545 | 88 | 0.02% | +8.3% |
| Skim milk of cows | 7,789 | 118 | 0.01% | +78% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 7,483 | 104 | 0.01% | −13% |
| Potatoes | 6,048 | 132 | 0% | −8.9% |
| Soybeans | 5,380 | 73 | 0% | +8.6% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 3,094 | 99 | 0.04% | −12% |
| Melons | 3,003 | 72 | 0.01% | +87% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 2,967 | 103 | 0.03% | −12% |
| Honey | 1,841 | 70 | 0.09% | +21% |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 1,819 | 73 | 0.03% | +4.8% |
| Agave fibres, raw, n.e.c. | 1,619 | 6 | 4.04% | +1.7% |
| Olive oil | 1,588 | 27 | 0.06% | +12% |
| Onions, dry | 1,495 | 128 | 0% | −28% |
| Coconut oil | 1,401 | 36 | 0.04% | +29% |
| Papayas | 1,373 | 55 | 0.01% | −81% |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 1,280 | 89 | 0.01% | −57% |
| Skim milk and whey powder | 1,199 | 50 | 0.03% | +74% |
| Cashew nuts, in shell | 1,122 | 30 | 0.03% | +0.8% |
| Kenaf | 989 | 14 | 0.43% | −5.6% |
| Sesame seed | 964 | 59 | 0.01% | −75% |
| Pig fat, rendered | 942 | 66 | 0.02% | −39% |
| Pineapples | 831 | 75 | 0% | −46% |
| Sweet potatoes | 765 | 91 | 0% | +4.7% |
| Cabbages | 686 | 131 | 0% | −0.3% |
| Tea leaves | 673 | 40 | 0% | +4.2% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 631 | 102 | 0.02% | −12% |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | 540 | 77 | 0.01% | −13% |
| Fat of pigs | 540 | 76 | 0% | −13% |
| Tallow | 531 | 61 | 0.01% | +30% |
| Butter of cow milk | 388 | 108 | 0.01% | +89% |
| Cocoa beans | 370 | 42 | 0.01% | +1.1% |
| Beeswax | 217 | 24 | 0.34% | 0.0% |
| Tea, packed | 177 | 85 | 0% | — |
| Jute, raw or retted | 176 | 15 | 0% | +69% |
| Goat meat | 75 | 137 | 0% | −16% |
| Cream, fresh | 45 | 66 | 0% | −10% |
| Sheep meat | 38 | 158 | 0% | +5.6% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 27 | 108 | 0% | — |
| Oil of sesame seed | 24 | 58 | 0% | −47% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 12 | 122 | 0% | −20% |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 12 | 120 | 0% | −20% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 6 | 136 | 0% | 0.0% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 6 | 136 | 0% | 0.0% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 3 | 118 | 0% | 0.0% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 1 | 136 | 0% | 0.0% |
Live animals, 2024
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.