Eastern Africa vs Ecuador: Oil palm fruit — Yield
Oil palm fruit — Yield over time
- Eastern Africa
- Ecuador
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 16,870 kg/ha against 11,570 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 5,300 kg/ha.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.5 times Eastern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 9th and Ecuador ranks 6th of 15 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Africa averaged higher in 3 and Ecuador in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,285 kg/ha | 6,030 kg/ha | 2,254 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 9,817 kg/ha | 6,728 kg/ha | 3,088 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 10,732 kg/ha | 12,956 kg/ha | 2,223 kg/ha | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 12,160 kg/ha | 12,603 kg/ha | 443.2 kg/ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 12,379 kg/ha | 11,375 kg/ha | 1,003 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 11,482 kg/ha | 12,433 kg/ha | 951.53 kg/ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 11,506 kg/ha | 15,368 kg/ha | 3,862 kg/ha | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — yield, Eastern Africa or Ecuador?
- Ecuador, at 16,870 kg/ha against 11,570 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — yield between Eastern Africa and Ecuador?
- 5,300 kg/ha, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Ecuador?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Ecuador rank globally for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 9th and Ecuador ranks 6th of 15 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — 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.