Avocados — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Avocados — Yield was 5,088 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Avocados — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for avocados — yield in Ecuador is 5,088 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.7% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — yield in Ecuador peaked at 16,210 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 3,962 kg/ha, in 1989.
That places Ecuador 56th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Avocados — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,308 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,210 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 1963 | 16,065 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 15,140 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1965 | 9,785 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 1966 | 10,087 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 9,020 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1968 | 10,218 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1969 | 8,482 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1970 | 8,041 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1971 | 10,685 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1972 | 8,589 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1973 | 8,076 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 5,589 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 1975 | 6,532 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1976 | 9,384 kg/ha | +43.7% |
| 1977 | 15,190 kg/ha | +61.9% |
| 1978 | 11,571 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1979 | 10,624 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1980 | 10,285 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 10,587 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 10,552 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 10,007 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 9,947 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 8,362 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1986 | 5,856 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1987 | 6,258 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 4,414 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1989 | 3,962 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1990 | 6,018 kg/ha | +51.9% |
| 1991 | 5,350 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 5,058 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 4,963 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 7,119 kg/ha | +43.4% |
| 1995 | 4,080 kg/ha | -42.7% |
| 1996 | 7,570 kg/ha | +85.5% |
| 1997 | 9,777 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1998 | 8,414 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1999 | 7,918 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 7,257 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 6,487 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2002 | 6,465 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 7,406 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 8,526 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2005 | 9,410 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2006 | 9,492 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 9,500 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 9,547 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 8,402 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2010 | 8,016 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 7,677 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 6,759 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2013 | 5,869 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2014 | 5,680 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 5,473 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 4,459 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2017 | 4,512 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 4,231 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 5,981 kg/ha | +41.4% |
| 2020 | 4,220 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 2021 | 7,076 kg/ha | +67.7% |
| 2022 | 6,107 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2023 | 5,829 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 5,088 kg/ha | -12.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 5,088 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,090 kg/ha, 56% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 5,088 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8,908 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Yield in Ecuador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +85.5% | 4,080 kg/ha | 7,570 kg/ha |
| 2021 | +67.7% | 4,220 kg/ha | 7,076 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,924 kg/ha | 8,482 kg/ha | 16,210 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,428 kg/ha | 5,589 kg/ha | 15,190 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,023 kg/ha | 3,962 kg/ha | 10,587 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,627 kg/ha | 4,080 kg/ha | 9,777 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,249 kg/ha | 6,465 kg/ha | 9,547 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,866 kg/ha | 4,231 kg/ha | 8,016 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,664 kg/ha | 4,220 kg/ha | 7,076 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 avocados — yield in Ecuador?
- Avocados — yield in Ecuador was 5,088 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 16,210 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest avocados — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,962 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does Ecuador rank for avocados — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 56th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. 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 Avocados — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.