Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in El Salvador in 2024 — 22.94%. Ranked 43 in the world out of 131. Since 1963, the indicator has fallen by 37.16 pp.
1963–2024 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: El Salvador
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22.94 | +1.32 pp |
| 2023 | 21.61 | +2.53 pp |
| 2022 | 19.09 | +0.98 pp |
| 2021 | 18.11 | −2.3 pp |
| 2020 | 20.41 | +1.58 pp |
| 2019 | 18.82 | +1.22 pp |
| 2018 | 17.61 | −1.13 pp |
| 2017 | 18.73 | +0.58 pp |
| 2016 | 18.15 | −1.45 pp |
| 2015 | 19.6 | +0.5 pp |
| 2014 | 19.11 | −2.74 pp |
| 2013 | 21.84 | −0.88 pp |
| 2012 | 22.73 | −1.61 pp |
| 2011 | 24.34 | +3.18 pp |
| 2010 | 21.16 | −1.29 pp |
| 2009 | 22.45 | +2.82 pp |
| 2008 | 19.63 | +0.48 pp |
| 2007 | 19.15 | +1.4 pp |
| 2006 | 17.75 | +0.5 pp |
| 2005 | 17.25 | +2.99 pp |
| 2004 | 14.26 | +0.67 pp |
| 2003 | 13.59 | +0.09 pp |
| 2002 | 13.5 | −1.25 pp |
| 2001 | 14.75 | −4.48 pp |
| 2000 | 19.23 | −22.86 pp |
| 1999 | 42.09 | −4.56 pp |
| 1998 | 46.65 | −8.47 pp |
| 1997 | 55.12 | +2.69 pp |
| 1996 | 52.42 | −4.7 pp |
| 1995 | 57.12 | +6.11 pp |
| 1994 | 51.01 | — |
| 1987 | 70.97 | −10.75 pp |
| 1986 | 81.72 | +14.13 pp |
| 1985 | 67.59 | −0.9 pp |
| 1984 | 68.48 | +19.73 pp |
| 1983 | 48.75 | +5.52 pp |
| 1982 | 43.23 | −1.34 pp |
| 1981 | 44.57 | −2.22 pp |
| 1980 | 46.8 | −18.19 pp |
| 1979 | 64.99 | +18.06 pp |
| 1978 | 46.93 | −22.78 pp |
| 1977 | 69.71 | +4.81 pp |
| 1976 | 64.9 | +9.23 pp |
| 1975 | 55.67 | −0.78 pp |
| 1974 | 56.45 | −0.9 pp |
| 1973 | 57.35 | +3.05 pp |
| 1972 | 54.3 | +0.97 pp |
| 1971 | 53.33 | −6.04 pp |
| 1970 | 59.37 | +3.37 pp |
| 1969 | 56 | −2.43 pp |
| 1968 | 58.43 | −2.36 pp |
| 1967 | 60.79 | −0.71 pp |
| 1966 | 61.5 | +0.76 pp |
| 1965 | 60.74 | −1.81 pp |
| 1964 | 62.55 | +2.46 pp |
| 1963 | 60.09 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Belize
95.66
Panama
73.56
Honduras
53.5
Guatemala
47.5
Nicaragua
42.59
Costa Rica
32.33
El Salvador
22.94
Mexico
8.53
The share of food in merchandise exports: grain, meat, dairy products, fish, fruit, beverages, oils. Unlike dependence on fuel and metals, a food specialization is not considered a vulnerability of the same kind — demand for food grows with population and is not subject to technological substitution. The largest shares come not from the biggest producers but from small countries with a single export crop: coffee, cocoa, bananas.
Important: It includes beverages and vegetable oils but not agricultural raw materials such as cotton, rubber and hides — those have a separate indicator.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
What part of merchandise exports is cotton, rubber, timber, hides and other non-food raw materials.
Trade Food imports (% of merchandise imports)What part of merchandise imports a country spends on food — a measure of food dependence.
Economy Agriculture value addedHow much agriculture, forestry and fishing create in money terms.
Agriculture Cereal productionThe gross harvest of cereal crops, in tonnes.