Ecuador vs India: Banana yields
Ecuador
41.89 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
India
39.66 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ecuador rank
17th
India rank
19th
Banana yields over time
- Ecuador
- India
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 41.89 tonnes per hectare against 39.66 tonnes per hectare in India, a difference of 2.23 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times India's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 17th and India ranks 19th of 130 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 5 and India in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.44 tonnes per hectare | 14.37 tonnes per hectare | 3.07 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 20.79 tonnes per hectare | 14.9 tonnes per hectare | 5.9 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 26.06 tonnes per hectare | 16.66 tonnes per hectare | 9.4 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 23.82 tonnes per hectare | 25.19 tonnes per hectare | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | India |
| 2000s | 28.1 tonnes per hectare | 32.02 tonnes per hectare | 3.92 tonnes per hectare | India |
| 2010s | 36.85 tonnes per hectare | 35.31 tonnes per hectare | 1.54 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 38.67 tonnes per hectare | 36.89 tonnes per hectare | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher banana yields, Ecuador or India?
- Ecuador, at 41.89 tonnes per hectare against 39.66 tonnes per hectare in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in banana yields between Ecuador and India?
- 2.23 tonnes per hectare, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and India rank globally for banana yields?
- Ecuador ranks 17th and India ranks 19th 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.