Afghanistan vs Ecuador: Wheat yields
Afghanistan
2.26 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Ecuador
2.4 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
86th
Ecuador rank
84th
Wheat yields over time
- Afghanistan
- Ecuador
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 2.4 tonnes per hectare against 2.26 tonnes per hectare in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.14 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 86th and Ecuador ranks 84th of 125 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | 0.8961 tonnes per hectare | 0.113 tonnes per hectare | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 0.9665 tonnes per hectare | 0.1356 tonnes per hectare | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 1.22 tonnes per hectare | 0.9474 tonnes per hectare | 0.2728 tonnes per hectare | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | 0.6503 tonnes per hectare | 0.4663 tonnes per hectare | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | 0.733 tonnes per hectare | 0.6808 tonnes per hectare | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 2 tonnes per hectare | 1.13 tonnes per hectare | 0.8682 tonnes per hectare | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 1.81 tonnes per hectare | 0.2599 tonnes per hectare | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat yields, Afghanistan or Ecuador?
- Ecuador, at 2.4 tonnes per hectare against 2.26 tonnes per hectare in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat yields between Afghanistan and Ecuador?
- 0.14 tonnes per hectare, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Ecuador?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Ecuador rank globally for wheat yields?
- Afghanistan ranks 86th and Ecuador ranks 84th of 125 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Wheat yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Harvested production per unit of harvested area for wheat.