Number of pigs in El Salvador

Number of pigs in El Salvador was 245,241 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.5% from 2023. That is the 96th highest of 171 countries in 2024.

2024, head245,241 Estimated

Change on 2023-0.5%

Rank96th of 171Countries ranked

Series high560,0001979

Series low161,0902022

Next release: Thursday, 31 December 2026, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Number of pigs in El Salvador, 1961 to 2024

head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	head
2024	245,241 Estimated
2023	246,431 Estimated
2022	161,090 Estimated
2021	241,969 Estimated
2020	250,000 Estimated
2019	250,000 Estimated
2018	250,000 Estimated
2017	243,780 Estimated
2016	228,841
2015	169,096
2014	194,160
2013	281,174 Estimated
2012	365,723 Estimated
2011	440,000
2010	427,000
2009	422,792
2008	467,090
2007	441,038
2006	436,360
2005	355,991
2004	354,965
2003	337,218
2002	300,000 Estimated
2001	279,000 Estimated
2000	300,000
1999	248,442
1998	174,715
1997	182,313
1996	193,944
1995	190,000
1994	223,000
1993	336,100
1992	315,900
1991	307,900
1990	317,300
1989	288,800
1988	376,800
1987	418,132
1986	410,700
1985	397,250
1984	374,700
1983	400,386
1982	400,386
1981	385,628
1980	420,750
1979	560,000
1978	502,690
1977	514,900
1976	425,000
1975	420,000
1974	480,000
1973	465,200
1972	448,450
1971	431,700
1970	420,700
1969	416,500
1968	412,400
1967	408,300
1966	404,300
1965	400,300
1964	396,300
1963	392,400
1962	388,500
1961	384,700

Rankings

Countries by number of pigs 178 places
EU countries by number of pigs 27 places

Definition

Number of pigs (swine) present in the country, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO asks for the count on one day of the year, usually the census or survey date, so the reference day differs between countries.

FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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APA 7

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111) (Number of pigs, El Salvador, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, El Salvador, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/el-salvador. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Number of pigs, El Salvador, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/el-salvador.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, El Salvador, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/el-salvador (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_pigs_el_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111): Number of pigs, El Salvador, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/el-salvador. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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560,000 head in 1979, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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