Ecuador vs South America: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield over time
- Ecuador
- South America
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 1,525 kg/ha against 1,311 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 214 kg/ha.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.2 times South America's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was South America ahead.
Ecuador ranks 6th and South America ranks 7th of 28 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 3 and South America in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 748.2 kg/ha | 37,711 kg/ha | 36,963 kg/ha | South America |
| 1980s | 869.48 kg/ha | 14,776 kg/ha | 13,906 kg/ha | South America |
| 1990s | 723.9 kg/ha | 987.38 kg/ha | 263.48 kg/ha | South America |
| 2000s | 1,481 kg/ha | 1,037 kg/ha | 444.15 kg/ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 1,483 kg/ha | 1,317 kg/ha | 166.48 kg/ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 1,531 kg/ha | 1,335 kg/ha | 195.68 kg/ha | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher natural rubber in primary forms — yield, Ecuador or South America?
- Ecuador, at 1,525 kg/ha against 1,311 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in natural rubber in primary forms — yield between Ecuador and South America?
- 214 kg/ha, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and South America?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and South America rank globally for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 6th and South America ranks 7th of 28 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.