Fruit consumption per capita rose 29.7% to 20.9 kg in El Salvador in 2017, according to Faostat.
Historically, fruit consumption per capita in El Salvador reached an all time high of 26.9 kg in 2008 and an all time low of 10.8 kg in 2014. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, fruit consumption per capita in Costa Rica amounted to 31.2 kg, 20.0 kg in Guatemala, 16.1 kg in Honduras and 3.06 kg in Nicaragua in 2017.
El Salvador has been ranked 65th within the group of 154 countries we follow in terms of fruit consumption per capita, 13 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Fruit Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Belize | kg | 30.9 | 35.6 | 56.3 | 34.2 | 10.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Costa Rica | kg | 34.9 | 48.9 | 32.2 | 42.6 | 29.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | kg | 13.7 | 16.8 | 22.0 | 27.8 | 23.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kg | 17.8 | 18.9 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 18.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kg | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 9.86 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kg | 33.4 | 37.6 | 40.4 | 41.9 | 42.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kg | 2.93 | 2.89 | 3.01 | 2.97 | 2.31 | ||||||||||||||||
| Panama | kg | 14.4 | 12.9 | 10.0 | 13.9 | 13.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 21.1 | 20.8 | 20.7 | 20.4 | 20.6 |
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