All food groups (excluding beverages) — Potassium supply — Value in Ecuador
Ecuador: All food groups (excluding beverages) — Potassium supply — Value was 2,013 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Potassium supply — Value in Ecuador, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for all food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value in Ecuador is 2,013 mg/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, all food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value in Ecuador peaked at 2,421 mg/cap/d in 2010 and was at its lowest, 1,882 mg/cap/d, in 2018.
Ecuador ranks 155th of 163 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
All food groups (excluding beverages) — Potassium supply — Value in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,421 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,406 mg/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 2,345 mg/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 2,102 mg/cap/d | -10.4% |
| 2014 | 2,292 mg/cap/d | +9.0% |
| 2015 | 2,205 mg/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 2,029 mg/cap/d | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 2,026 mg/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,882 mg/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 1,912 mg/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 2,015 mg/cap/d | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 1,939 mg/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 1,947 mg/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,013 mg/cap/d | +3.4% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 2,013 mg/cap/d is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,552 mg/cap/d, 57% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 2,013 mg/cap/d is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,122 mg/cap/d, 64% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,162 mg/cap/d | 1,882 mg/cap/d | 2,421 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,978 mg/cap/d | 1,939 mg/cap/d | 2,015 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 152 Lesotho 2,165 mg/cap/d compare
- 153 Cambodia 2,105 mg/cap/d compare
- 154 Afghanistan 2,016 mg/cap/d compare
- 156 Madagascar 1,989 mg/cap/d compare
- 157 Suriname 1,959 mg/cap/d compare
- 158 Guinea-Bissau 1,958 mg/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is all food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value in Ecuador?
- All food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value in Ecuador was 2,013 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest all food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,421 mg/cap/d in 2010.
- What is the lowest all food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,882 mg/cap/d in 2018.
- How does Ecuador rank for all food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value?
- Ecuador ranks 155th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is all food groups (excluding beverages) — potassium supply — value rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of All food groups (excluding beverages) — Potassium supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.