Ecuador vs Zimbabwe: Banana yields
Ecuador
41.89 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Zimbabwe
40 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ecuador rank
17th
Zimbabwe rank
18th
Banana yields over time
- Ecuador
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 41.89 tonnes per hectare against 40 tonnes per hectare in Zimbabwe, a difference of 1.89 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 17th and Zimbabwe ranks 18th of 130 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.44 tonnes per hectare | 4.52 tonnes per hectare | 12.92 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 20.79 tonnes per hectare | 4.92 tonnes per hectare | 15.87 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 26.06 tonnes per hectare | 5.06 tonnes per hectare | 21 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 23.82 tonnes per hectare | 4.95 tonnes per hectare | 18.87 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 28.1 tonnes per hectare | 6.67 tonnes per hectare | 21.43 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 36.85 tonnes per hectare | 27.25 tonnes per hectare | 9.6 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 38.67 tonnes per hectare | 38.2 tonnes per hectare | 0.4685 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher banana yields, Ecuador or Zimbabwe?
- Ecuador, at 41.89 tonnes per hectare against 40 tonnes per hectare in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in banana yields between Ecuador and Zimbabwe?
- 1.89 tonnes per hectare, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Zimbabwe rank globally for banana yields?
- Ecuador ranks 17th and Zimbabwe ranks 18th 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.