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Potato production in El Salvador

Potato production in El Salvador was 6,048 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 9.4% from 2023. That is the 132nd highest of 154 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes6,048 Estimated
Change on 2023-9.4%
Rank132nd of 154Countries ranked
Series high17,7012002
Series low1,6541977

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Potato production in El Salvador, 1961 to 2024

05,00010K15K20K19611971198119912001201120241961: 3,600 tonnes1962: 3,800 tonnes1963: 4,000 tonnes1964: 4,200 tonnes1965: 4,600 tonnes1966: 4,900 tonnes1967: 4,100 tonnes1968: 3,600 tonnes1969: 3,500 tonnes1970: 2,800 tonnes1971: 3,269 tonnes1972: 5,490 tonnes1973: 10,400 tonnes1974: 11,267 tonnes1975: 6,534 tonnes1976: 3,843 tonnes1977: 1,654 tonnes1978: 4,090 tonnes1979: 3,832 tonnes1980: 6,086 tonnes1981: 5,000 tonnes1982: 4,000 tonnes1983: 3,000 tonnes1984: 2,717 tonnes1985: 2,523 tonnes1986: 2,426 tonnes1987: 2,375 tonnes1988: 2,375 tonnes1989: 7,850 tonnes1990: 7,000 tonnes1991: 7,500 tonnes1992: 7,800 tonnes1993: 7,500 tonnes1994: 7,600 tonnes1995: 7,700 tonnes1996: 7,750 tonnes1997: 7,800 tonnes1998: 12,070 tonnes1999: 13,984 tonnes2000: 16,184 tonnes2001: 16,896 tonnes2002: 17,701 tonnes2003: 12,727 tonnes2004: 4,043 tonnes2005: 3,628 tonnes2006: 5,116 tonnes2007: 5,178 tonnes2008: 5,748 tonnes2009: 5,326 tonnes2010: 5,326 tonnes2011: 3,730 tonnes2012: 5,234 tonnes2013: 12,611 tonnes2014: 6,642 tonnes2015: 7,127 tonnes2016: 13,304 tonnes2017: 10,595 tonnes2018: 10,597 tonnes2019: 8,468 tonnes2020: 10,340 tonnes2021: 9,169 tonnes2022: 7,727 tonnes2023: 6,677 tonnes2024: 6,048 tonnes05,00010K15K20K19611983200520241961: 3,600 tonnes1962: 3,800 tonnes1963: 4,000 tonnes1964: 4,200 tonnes1965: 4,600 tonnes1966: 4,900 tonnes1967: 4,100 tonnes1968: 3,600 tonnes1969: 3,500 tonnes1970: 2,800 tonnes1971: 3,269 tonnes1972: 5,490 tonnes1973: 10,400 tonnes1974: 11,267 tonnes1975: 6,534 tonnes1976: 3,843 tonnes1977: 1,654 tonnes1978: 4,090 tonnes1979: 3,832 tonnes1980: 6,086 tonnes1981: 5,000 tonnes1982: 4,000 tonnes1983: 3,000 tonnes1984: 2,717 tonnes1985: 2,523 tonnes1986: 2,426 tonnes1987: 2,375 tonnes1988: 2,375 tonnes1989: 7,850 tonnes1990: 7,000 tonnes1991: 7,500 tonnes1992: 7,800 tonnes1993: 7,500 tonnes1994: 7,600 tonnes1995: 7,700 tonnes1996: 7,750 tonnes1997: 7,800 tonnes1998: 12,070 tonnes1999: 13,984 tonnes2000: 16,184 tonnes2001: 16,896 tonnes2002: 17,701 tonnes2003: 12,727 tonnes2004: 4,043 tonnes2005: 3,628 tonnes2006: 5,116 tonnes2007: 5,178 tonnes2008: 5,748 tonnes2009: 5,326 tonnes2010: 5,326 tonnes2011: 3,730 tonnes2012: 5,234 tonnes2013: 12,611 tonnes2014: 6,642 tonnes2015: 7,127 tonnes2016: 13,304 tonnes2017: 10,595 tonnes2018: 10,597 tonnes2019: 8,468 tonnes2020: 10,340 tonnes2021: 9,169 tonnes2022: 7,727 tonnes2023: 6,677 tonnes2024: 6,048 tonnes
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodtonnes
20246,048 Estimated
20236,677 Estimated
20227,727
20219,169
202010,340
20198,468
201810,597
201710,595
201613,304
20157,127
20146,642
201312,611
20125,234
20113,730
20105,326
20095,326
20085,748
20075,178
20065,116
20053,628
20044,043
200312,727
200217,701
200116,896
200016,184
199913,984
199812,070
19977,800 Estimated
19967,750 Estimated
19957,700 Estimated
19947,600 Estimated
19937,500 Estimated
19927,800 Estimated
19917,500 Estimated
19907,000 Estimated
19897,850
19882,375
19872,375
19862,426
19852,523
19842,717
19833,000 Estimated
19824,000 Estimated
19815,000 Estimated
19806,086
19793,832
19784,090
19771,654
19763,843
19756,534
197411,267
197310,400
19725,490
19713,269
19702,800
19693,500
19683,600
19674,100
19664,900
19654,600
19644,200
19634,000
19623,800
19613,600

El Salvador compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 1,086 tonnesAfghanistan: 908,218 tonnesAlbania: 277,824 tonnesArmenia: 337,683 tonnesAngola: 528,284 tonnesArgentina: 2,111,561 tonnesAustria: 693,640 tonnesAustralia: 1,530,163 tonnesAzerbaijan: 954,005 tonnesBosnia and Herzegovina: 387,349 tonnesBangladesh: 10,601,182 tonnesBelgium: 3,977,850 tonnesBurkina Faso: 33,440 tonnesBulgaria: 113,940 tonnesBurundi: 420,224 tonnesBenin: 406 tonnesBolivia: 1,382,383 tonnesBrazil: 4,183,933 tonnesBhutan: 37,778 tonnesBotswana: 3,632 tonnesBelarus: 3,110,894 tonnesBelize: 1,395 tonnesCanada: 6,511,540 tonnesDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 109,367 tonnesCentral African Republic: 1,396 tonnesRepublic of the Congo: 7,114 tonnesSwitzerland: 370,665 tonnesChile: 1,246,278 tonnesCameroon: 370,206 tonnesChina: 94,806,520 tonnesColombia: 2,492,099 tonnesCosta Rica: 75,242 tonnesCuba: 79,054 tonnesCape Verde: 2,212 tonnesCyprus: 81,750 tonnesCzechia: 655,510 tonnesGermany: 12,703,300 tonnesDenmark: 2,997,600 tonnesDominican Republic: 123,505 tonnesAlgeria: 4,596,493 tonnesEcuador: 221,187 tonnesEstonia: 69,330 tonnesEgypt: 8,082,291 tonnesEritrea: 58 tonnesSpain: 1,971,170 tonnesEthiopia: 4,089,166 tonnesFinland: 553,100 tonnesFiji: 0 tonnesFaroe Islands: 1,532 tonnesFrance: 9,237,460 tonnesUnited Kingdom: 5,515,533 tonnesGeorgia: 221,500 tonnesGuinea: 607,049 tonnesGreece: 332,910 tonnesGuatemala: 550,783 tonnesHonduras: 27,045 tonnesCroatia: 133,860 tonnesHaiti: 35,011 tonnesHungary: 234,350 tonnesIndonesia: 1,270,449 tonnesIreland: 368,340 tonnesIsrael: 475,010 tonnesIndia: 57,053,344 tonnesIraq: 195,785 tonnesIran: 2,921,904 tonnesIceland: 5,514 tonnesItaly: 1,412,700 tonnesJamaica: 11,121 tonnesJordan: 161,367 tonnesJapan: 2,236,459 tonnesKenya: 2,188,110 tonnesKyrgyzstan: 1,190,214 tonnesNorth Korea: 413,319 tonnesSouth Korea: 568,625 tonnesKuwait: 15,980 tonnesKazakhstan: 2,634,610 tonnesLaos: 1,522 tonnesLebanon: 610,700 tonnesSri Lanka: 42,207 tonnesLesotho: 132,750 tonnesLithuania: 265,330 tonnesLuxembourg: 17,730 tonnesLatvia: 130,700 tonnesLibya: 369,147 tonnesMorocco: 2,194,126 tonnesMoldova: 135,372 tonnesMontenegro: 33,179 tonnesMadagascar: 248,208 tonnesNorth Macedonia: 200,983 tonnesMali: 234,244 tonnesMyanmar: 422,111 tonnesMongolia: 251,405 tonnesMauritania: 2,393 tonnesMauritius: 13,668 tonnesMalawi: 1,457,542 tonnesMexico: 2,123,718 tonnesMozambique: 552,561 tonnesNamibia: 14,556 tonnesNew Caledonia: 2,105 tonnesNiger: 328,900 tonnesNigeria: 1,228,588 tonnesNetherlands: 6,366,750 tonnesNorway: 354,900 tonnesNepal: 3,521,794 tonnesNew Zealand: 531,438 tonnesOman: 14,086 tonnesPanama: 26,916 tonnesPeru: 6,579,754 tonnesPapua New Guinea: 1,263 tonnesPhilippines: 102,791 tonnesPakistan: 8,434,370 tonnesPoland: 5,920,170 tonnesPortugal: 357,550 tonnesParaguay: 1,170 tonnesQatar: 965 tonnesRomania: 1,053,300 tonnesSerbia: 608,907 tonnesRussia: 18,448,001 tonnesRwanda: 827,355 tonnesSaudi Arabia: 625,071 tonnesSudan: 542,795 tonnesSweden: 879,800 tonnesSlovenia: 74,640 tonnesSlovakia: 170,630 tonnesSenegal: 146,775 tonnesEl Salvador: 6,048 tonnesSyria: 671,811 tonnesEswatini: 8,618 tonnesChad: 34,502 tonnesThailand: 119,501 tonnesTajikistan: 1,263,948 tonnesTimor-Leste: 1,217 tonnesTurkmenistan: 824,320 tonnesTunisia: 466,090 tonnesTürkiye: 6,900,000 tonnesTaiwan: 62,249 tonnesTanzania: 560,929 tonnesUkraine: 21,128,900 tonnesUganda: 461,361 tonnesUnited States: 19,061,860 tonnesUruguay: 66,551 tonnesUzbekistan: 3,716,862 tonnesVenezuela: 520,567 tonnesVietnam: 354,657 tonnesVanuatu: 3 tonnesYemen: 312,755 tonnesSouth Africa: 2,623,499 tonnesZambia: 34,153 tonnesZimbabwe: 673,484 tonnes
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Potato production, 2024, tonnes. El Salvador is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Quantity of potatoes produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.

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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). 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. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (Potato production, 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

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510), Potato production, 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/potato-production/el-salvador. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Potato production, 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/potato-production/el-salvador.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510), Potato production, 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/potato-production/el-salvador (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the potato production in El Salvador?

Potato production in El Salvador was 6,048 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 9.4% from 2023. That is the 132nd highest of 154 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest potato production in El Salvador?

17,701 tonnes in 2002, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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