Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP in El Salvador
El Salvador: Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP was 4.73 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP in El Salvador, 1970–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in El Salvador is 4.73 %, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in El Salvador peaked at 16.89 % in 1982 and was at its lowest, 4.73 %, in 2024.
That places El Salvador 105th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 55 years of available data.
Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 16.78 % | — |
| 1971 | 16.62 % | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 15.97 % | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 15.48 % | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 16.04 % | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 16.13 % | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 14.3 % | -11.4% |
| 1977 | 13.97 % | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 14.98 % | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 15.77 % | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 16.38 % | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 16.73 % | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 16.89 % | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 16.22 % | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 16.38 % | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 15.89 % | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 15.3 % | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 15.21 % | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 14.83 % | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 14.74 % | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 15.3 % | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 14.6 % | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 14.38 % | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 13.05 % | -9.2% |
| 1994 | 11.71 % | -10.3% |
| 1995 | 11.21 % | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 10.8 % | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 10.1 % | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 9.37 % | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 9.45 % | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 8.68 % | -8.1% |
| 2001 | 8.04 % | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 7.62 % | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 7.28 % | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 7.16 % | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 7.06 % | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 6.95 % | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 7.31 % | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 7.14 % | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 6.91 % | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 7.1 % | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 6.56 % | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 6.66 % | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 6.04 % | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 5.99 % | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 5.53 % | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 5.84 % | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 5.75 % | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 5.46 % | -5.0% |
| 2019 | 5.39 % | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 5.6 % | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 5.16 % | -7.8% |
| 2022 | 4.96 % | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 4.81 % | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 4.73 % | -1.6% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 4.73 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6.45 %, 73% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 4.73 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.41 %, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15.6 % | 13.97 % | 16.78 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.86 % | 14.74 % | 16.89 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 12 % | 9.37 % | 15.3 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.42 % | 6.91 % | 8.68 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.03 % | 5.39 % | 7.1 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.05 % | 4.73 % | 5.6 % | 5 |
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More environment data for El Salvador
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.31 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Cooling Degree Days, annual growth rate -2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, gaps filled 0.25 (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Heating Degree Days, per capita 0 units per person (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in El Salvador?
- Value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp in El Salvador was 4.73 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 16.89 % in 1982.
- What is the lowest value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.73 % in 2024.
- How does El Salvador rank for value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp?
- El Salvador ranks 105th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is value added (agriculture, forestry and fishing) — share of gdp rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Macro Indicators database provides a selection of country-level macro indicators relating to total economy (Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation); agriculture activity; agriculture, forestry and fishing activity; total manufacturing activity; manufacturing of food products and beverages activity; manufacturing activity of tobacco products; and manufacturing activity of food, beverage and tobacco products.It releases time series for a selection of National Accounts variables, including gross domestic product, gross fixed capital formation, industry-level value added and gross output. The database also proposes additional indicators such as gross domestic product per capita, year-on-year growth rates and measures of industry contribution to gross domestic product. All data relating to Gross Domestic Product, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, agriculture, forestry and fishing activity, and to total manufacturing activity originates from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates database, which consists of a complete and consistent set of time series of the main National Accounts aggregates of all UN Members States and other territories in the world for which National Accounts information is available. The UNSD database's content is based on the countries' official National Accounts data reported to UNSD through the annual National Accounts Questionnaire, supplemented with data estimates for any years and countries with incomplete or inconsistent information (See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/Introduction.asp). Data series relating to the sub-industry Agriculture activity are obtained from the UNSD national accounts Official Country Data databases while series on the Manufacturing activity of food and beverages products, manufacturing activity of tobacco products and manufacturing activity of food, beverages and tobacco products originates from the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) INDSTAT2 database. In order to ensure that sub-industry series are consistent in levels with National Accounts based series, which is needed to support comparability across industries (agriculture vs. agro-industry and sub-industries), UNIDO originating series are rescaled on UNSD National Accounts Estimates of Main Aggregates data series (See Section 17.5 for a more detailed description of the data processing steps).