Barley — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Barley — Yield was 1,576 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Ecuador stood at 1,576 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 9.5% on the previous year and up 70.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Ecuador peaked at 1,576 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 463.1 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Ecuador 82nd out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 756.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 703 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1963 | 789 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1964 | 493.3 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1965 | 592.1 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 536.9 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1967 | 565.3 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 562.9 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 618.1 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1970 | 596.5 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1971 | 572.6 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 616.9 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 852 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 1974 | 922.8 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 877.6 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 878.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 679.6 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1978 | 680 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 673.2 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 927.8 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 1981 | 937.5 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 1,045 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1983 | 996.7 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1984 | 812.7 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1985 | 907.6 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1986 | 682.3 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1987 | 708.1 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 831.9 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1989 | 1,026 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1990 | 795.5 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1991 | 745.1 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 725.1 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 697.3 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 581.8 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1995 | 650.8 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 587.5 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 579 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 831.9 kg/ha | +43.7% |
| 1999 | 696.1 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2000 | 561.1 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2001 | 590 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 463.1 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2003 | 615.1 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 2004 | 642.7 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 565.3 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2006 | 627 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2007 | 637.8 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 547.5 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2009 | 607.7 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 710.3 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 857.6 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2012 | 547.6 kg/ha | -36.1% |
| 2013 | 803.6 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 2014 | 923.6 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2015 | 866.7 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 1,467 kg/ha | +69.3% |
| 2017 | 1,206 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2018 | 1,443 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2019 | 1,462 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 1,265 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2021 | 1,512 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2022 | 1,461 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 1,439 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 1,576 kg/ha | +9.5% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,576 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,457 kg/ha, 64% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,576 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,789 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 624.11 kg/ha | 493.3 kg/ha | 789 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 734.93 kg/ha | 572.6 kg/ha | 922.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 887.48 kg/ha | 682.3 kg/ha | 1,045 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 689.01 kg/ha | 579 kg/ha | 831.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 585.73 kg/ha | 463.1 kg/ha | 642.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,029 kg/ha | 547.6 kg/ha | 1,467 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,451 kg/ha | 1,265 kg/ha | 1,576 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 79 Kazakhstan 1,682 kg/ha compare
- 80 Montenegro 1,634 kg/ha compare
- 81 Uzbekistan 1,596 kg/ha compare
- 83 USSR 1,452 kg/ha compare
- 84 Eritrea 1,444 kg/ha compare
- 85 Afghanistan 1,429 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 barley — yield in Ecuador?
- Barley — yield in Ecuador was 1,576 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,576 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 463.1 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Ecuador rank for barley — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 82nd out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.7%. 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 Barley — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.