Ecuador vs Egypt: Banana yields
Ecuador
41.89 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Egypt
43.61 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ecuador rank
17th
Egypt rank
16th
Banana yields over time
- Ecuador
- Egypt
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 43.61 tonnes per hectare against 41.89 tonnes per hectare in Ecuador, a difference of 1.72 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 17th and Egypt ranks 16th of 130 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 1 and Egypt in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.44 tonnes per hectare | 19.58 tonnes per hectare | 2.14 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1970s | 20.79 tonnes per hectare | 22.17 tonnes per hectare | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1980s | 26.06 tonnes per hectare | 21.56 tonnes per hectare | 4.5 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 23.82 tonnes per hectare | 32.66 tonnes per hectare | 8.84 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2000s | 28.1 tonnes per hectare | 42.03 tonnes per hectare | 13.93 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2010s | 36.85 tonnes per hectare | 45.21 tonnes per hectare | 8.36 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2020s | 38.67 tonnes per hectare | 40.78 tonnes per hectare | 2.12 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher banana yields, Ecuador or Egypt?
- Egypt, at 43.61 tonnes per hectare against 41.89 tonnes per hectare in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in banana yields between Ecuador and Egypt?
- 1.72 tonnes per hectare, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Egypt?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Egypt rank globally for banana yields?
- Ecuador ranks 17th and Egypt ranks 16th of 130 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 Banana yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.