Bananas — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Bananas — Yield was 41,889 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Ecuador is 41,889 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Ecuador peaked at 41,889 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12,613 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Ecuador 14th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,781 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,396 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1963 | 20,270 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1964 | 19,527 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 15,733 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1966 | 13,510 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1967 | 12,613 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1968 | 14,173 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1969 | 15,939 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 15,041 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 15,150 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 15,120 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 15,416 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 17,634 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1975 | 23,160 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 1976 | 23,960 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 24,375 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 28,000 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1979 | 30,076 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1980 | 32,194 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1981 | 31,404 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 30,746 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 27,688 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1984 | 27,662 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 30,214 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1986 | 20,714 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1987 | 19,971 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 20,248 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 19,718 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 21,326 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 21,313 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 21,602 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 21,720 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 22,985 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 23,708 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 22,969 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 23,154 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 26,402 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1999 | 33,016 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 2000 | 21,591 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 2001 | 26,539 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2002 | 24,438 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 27,602 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2004 | 27,072 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 27,674 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 29,267 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 30,405 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 31,093 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 35,339 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2010 | 36,778 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 38,692 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 33,250 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2013 | 31,780 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 37,090 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2015 | 38,786 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 36,208 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 39,746 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2018 | 40,262 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 35,907 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2020 | 37,499 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 39,671 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 35,033 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2023 | 39,250 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2024 | 41,889 kg/ha | +6.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 41,889 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20,000 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 41,889 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,817 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,438 kg/ha | 12,613 kg/ha | 22,781 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,793 kg/ha | 15,041 kg/ha | 30,076 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,056 kg/ha | 19,718 kg/ha | 32,194 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,820 kg/ha | 21,313 kg/ha | 33,016 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,102 kg/ha | 21,591 kg/ha | 35,339 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,850 kg/ha | 31,780 kg/ha | 40,262 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,668 kg/ha | 35,033 kg/ha | 41,889 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 11 Republic of Korea 49,628 kg/ha compare
- 12 Spain 48,096 kg/ha compare
- 13 Egypt 43,612 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 10,337 kg/ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 6,353 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5,322 kg/ha compare
- 15 Zimbabwe 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 16 India 39,658 kg/ha compare
- 16 Caribbean 18,031 kg/ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 5,200 kg/ha compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,756 kg/ha compare
- 17 Honduras 39,153 kg/ha 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 bananas — yield in Ecuador?
- Bananas — yield in Ecuador was 41,889 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 41,889 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,613 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Ecuador rank for bananas — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 14th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — 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.