Cassava, fresh — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 7,285 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — yield in Ecuador is 7,285 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 15.7% on the previous year and up 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Ecuador peaked at 11,897 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 2,511 kg/ha, in 2013.
That places Ecuador 66th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,740 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,228 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 7,853 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1964 | 7,814 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 10,133 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 1966 | 10,018 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 11,897 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1968 | 8,771 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1969 | 11,277 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1970 | 10,673 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1971 | 10,339 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 9,267 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1973 | 9,913 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1974 | 8,672 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1975 | 10,228 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1976 | 10,500 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 7,206 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1978 | 7,053 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 9,115 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1980 | 9,109 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 9,107 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 9,231 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 9,690 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 9,970 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 10,301 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 5,927 kg/ha | -42.5% |
| 1987 | 5,857 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 5,906 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 5,173 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1990 | 5,459 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 4,722 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1992 | 3,688 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1993 | 3,626 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 4,087 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1995 | 3,646 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1996 | 3,784 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 3,758 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 4,924 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1999 | 4,000 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2000 | 3,491 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2001 | 3,800 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2002 | 4,015 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 3,994 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 3,960 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 4,420 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2006 | 3,428 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 2007 | 4,511 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2008 | 5,123 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2009 | 3,119 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 2010 | 3,203 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 2,835 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 4,542 kg/ha | +60.2% |
| 2013 | 2,511 kg/ha | -44.7% |
| 2014 | 5,929 kg/ha | +136.1% |
| 2015 | 4,200 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 2016 | 5,028 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2017 | 6,004 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2018 | 6,028 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 5,137 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2020 | 4,296 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2021 | 5,506 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 2022 | 8,267 kg/ha | +50.2% |
| 2023 | 6,296 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 2024 | 7,285 kg/ha | +15.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 7,285 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 7,285 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,632 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +136.1% | 2,511 kg/ha | 5,929 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,526 kg/ha | 7,814 kg/ha | 11,897 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,297 kg/ha | 7,053 kg/ha | 10,673 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,027 kg/ha | 5,173 kg/ha | 10,301 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,169 kg/ha | 3,626 kg/ha | 5,459 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,986 kg/ha | 3,119 kg/ha | 5,123 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,542 kg/ha | 2,511 kg/ha | 6,028 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,330 kg/ha | 4,296 kg/ha | 8,267 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 cassava, fresh — yield in Ecuador?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Ecuador was 7,285 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 11,897 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,511 kg/ha in 2013.
- How does Ecuador rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 66th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.9%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.