Ecuador vs Madagascar: Cassava yields
Ecuador
7.28 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Madagascar
7.99 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ecuador rank
71st
Madagascar rank
68th
Cassava yields over time
- Ecuador
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 7.99 tonnes per hectare against 7.28 tonnes per hectare in Ecuador, a difference of 0.71 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 71st and Madagascar ranks 68th of 101 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 3 and Madagascar in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.53 tonnes per hectare | 6.19 tonnes per hectare | 3.34 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 9.3 tonnes per hectare | 6.3 tonnes per hectare | 3 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 8.03 tonnes per hectare | 6.32 tonnes per hectare | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 4.17 tonnes per hectare | 6.76 tonnes per hectare | 2.59 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 3.99 tonnes per hectare | 7 tonnes per hectare | 3.01 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 4.54 tonnes per hectare | 7.64 tonnes per hectare | 3.1 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 6.33 tonnes per hectare | 7.9 tonnes per hectare | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cassava yields, Ecuador or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 7.99 tonnes per hectare against 7.28 tonnes per hectare in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cassava yields between Ecuador and Madagascar?
- 0.71 tonnes per hectare, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Madagascar?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Madagascar rank globally for cassava yields?
- Ecuador ranks 71st and Madagascar ranks 68th of 101 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 Cassava 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.