Ecuador vs Uruguay: Corn yields
Ecuador
4.36 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Uruguay
4.7 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ecuador rank
72nd
Uruguay rank
69th
Corn yields over time
- Ecuador
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 4.7 tonnes per hectare against 4.36 tonnes per hectare in Ecuador, a difference of 0.34 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uruguay ahead.
Ecuador ranks 72nd and Uruguay ranks 69th of 171 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.649 tonnes per hectare | 0.6201 tonnes per hectare | 0.029 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 0.9013 tonnes per hectare | 0.9652 tonnes per hectare | 0.0639 tonnes per hectare | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 1.19 tonnes per hectare | 0.0231 tonnes per hectare | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | 2.35 tonnes per hectare | 1.21 tonnes per hectare | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 1.8 tonnes per hectare | 4.04 tonnes per hectare | 2.24 tonnes per hectare | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 3.27 tonnes per hectare | 5.4 tonnes per hectare | 2.13 tonnes per hectare | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 4.35 tonnes per hectare | 4.77 tonnes per hectare | 0.4153 tonnes per hectare | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher corn yields, Ecuador or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 4.7 tonnes per hectare against 4.36 tonnes per hectare in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in corn yields between Ecuador and Uruguay?
- 0.34 tonnes per hectare, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Uruguay?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Uruguay rank globally for corn yields?
- Ecuador ranks 72nd and Uruguay ranks 69th of 171 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Corn yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.