El Salvador vs Jamaica: Oil yields by crop type
El Salvador
0.4798 tonnes per hectare
in 2023
Jamaica
0.6004 tonnes per hectare
in 2023
El Salvador rank
13th
Jamaica rank
11th
Oil yields by crop type over time
- El Salvador
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 0.6004 tonnes per hectare against 0.4798 tonnes per hectare in El Salvador, a difference of 0.1206 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.3 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 13th and Jamaica ranks 11th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 5 and Jamaica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | 0.2048 tonnes per hectare | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.904 tonnes per hectare | 0.1347 tonnes per hectare | 0.7694 tonnes per hectare | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.3905 tonnes per hectare | 0.1006 tonnes per hectare | 0.2899 tonnes per hectare | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.5367 tonnes per hectare | 0.1121 tonnes per hectare | 0.4246 tonnes per hectare | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.4532 tonnes per hectare | 0.1942 tonnes per hectare | 0.2591 tonnes per hectare | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.4741 tonnes per hectare | 0.5944 tonnes per hectare | 0.1203 tonnes per hectare | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 0.4785 tonnes per hectare | 0.602 tonnes per hectare | 0.1235 tonnes per hectare | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil yields by crop type, El Salvador or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 0.6004 tonnes per hectare against 0.4798 tonnes per hectare in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in oil yields by crop type between El Salvador and Jamaica?
- 0.1206 tonnes per hectare, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Jamaica?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Jamaica rank globally for oil yields by crop type?
- El Salvador ranks 13th and Jamaica ranks 11th of 59 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Oil yields by crop type. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average amount of coconut oil produced per hectare of coconut crops harvested. Note that this calculates the oil yield per hectare, which is different from the yield of the total crop, because not all of the crop can be used for oil.