Cocoa bean yields in Ecuador
Ecuador: Cocoa bean yields was 0.7454 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.7454 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
up 2.5%
World rank
7th
of 61 countries
All-time high
0.7454 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
All-time low
0.1166 tonnes per hectare
in 1998
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Cocoa bean yields in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa bean yields in Ecuador stood at 0.7454 tonnes per hectare. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 77.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa bean yields in Ecuador peaked at 0.7454 tonnes per hectare in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1166 tonnes per hectare, in 1998.
That places Ecuador 7th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa bean yields in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2005 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.2014 tonnes per hectare | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 0.1969 tonnes per hectare | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 0.2319 tonnes per hectare | +17.8% |
| 1965 | 0.2079 tonnes per hectare | -10.3% |
| 1966 | 0.282 tonnes per hectare | +35.6% |
| 1967 | 0.3062 tonnes per hectare | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 0.3892 tonnes per hectare | +27.1% |
| 1969 | 0.2102 tonnes per hectare | -46.0% |
| 1970 | 0.2347 tonnes per hectare | +11.7% |
| 1971 | 0.3232 tonnes per hectare | +37.7% |
| 1972 | 0.3111 tonnes per hectare | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 0.2974 tonnes per hectare | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 0.4106 tonnes per hectare | +38.1% |
| 1975 | 0.3279 tonnes per hectare | -20.1% |
| 1976 | 0.2841 tonnes per hectare | -13.4% |
| 1977 | 0.303 tonnes per hectare | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 0.251 tonnes per hectare | -17.2% |
| 1979 | 0.2867 tonnes per hectare | +14.2% |
| 1980 | 0.338 tonnes per hectare | +17.9% |
| 1981 | 0.298 tonnes per hectare | -11.8% |
| 1982 | 0.35 tonnes per hectare | +17.4% |
| 1983 | 0.1667 tonnes per hectare | -52.4% |
| 1984 | 0.2905 tonnes per hectare | +74.3% |
| 1985 | 0.456 tonnes per hectare | +57.0% |
| 1986 | 0.2755 tonnes per hectare | -39.6% |
| 1987 | 0.1851 tonnes per hectare | -32.8% |
| 1988 | 0.2613 tonnes per hectare | +41.2% |
| 1989 | 0.2527 tonnes per hectare | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 0.2944 tonnes per hectare | +16.5% |
| 1991 | 0.2921 tonnes per hectare | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.2874 tonnes per hectare | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 0.2583 tonnes per hectare | -10.1% |
| 1994 | 0.2494 tonnes per hectare | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 0.2447 tonnes per hectare | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 0.2649 tonnes per hectare | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 0.2662 tonnes per hectare | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.1166 tonnes per hectare | -56.2% |
| 1999 | 0.3144 tonnes per hectare | +169.6% |
| 2000 | 0.1613 tonnes per hectare | -48.7% |
| 2001 | 0.177 tonnes per hectare | +9.7% |
| 2002 | 0.1658 tonnes per hectare | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 0.2533 tonnes per hectare | +52.8% |
| 2004 | 0.2666 tonnes per hectare | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 0.2618 tonnes per hectare | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.2502 tonnes per hectare | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 0.2408 tonnes per hectare | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 0.2504 tonnes per hectare | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3029 tonnes per hectare | +21.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3669 tonnes per hectare | +21.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4084 tonnes per hectare | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 0.3417 tonnes per hectare | -16.3% |
| 2013 | 0.3192 tonnes per hectare | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4192 tonnes per hectare | +31.3% |
| 2015 | 0.417 tonnes per hectare | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.3909 tonnes per hectare | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 0.4407 tonnes per hectare | +12.7% |
| 2018 | 0.4685 tonnes per hectare | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 0.5399 tonnes per hectare | +15.2% |
| 2020 | 0.6218 tonnes per hectare | +15.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5558 tonnes per hectare | -10.6% |
| 2022 | 0.6621 tonnes per hectare | +19.1% |
| 2023 | 0.7272 tonnes per hectare | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 0.7454 tonnes per hectare | +2.5% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.7454 tonnes per hectare is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4111 tonnes per hectare, 1.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.7454 tonnes per hectare is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4151 tonnes per hectare, 1.8× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa bean yields 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +169.6% | 0.1166 tonnes per hectare | 0.3144 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2474 tonnes per hectare | 0.1969 tonnes per hectare | 0.3892 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.303 tonnes per hectare | 0.2347 tonnes per hectare | 0.4106 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2874 tonnes per hectare | 0.1667 tonnes per hectare | 0.456 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2588 tonnes per hectare | 0.1166 tonnes per hectare | 0.3144 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.233 tonnes per hectare | 0.1613 tonnes per hectare | 0.3029 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4112 tonnes per hectare | 0.3192 tonnes per hectare | 0.5399 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6625 tonnes per hectare | 0.5558 tonnes per hectare | 0.7454 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
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 cocoa bean yields in Ecuador?
- Cocoa bean yields in Ecuador was 0.7454 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cocoa bean yields recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7454 tonnes per hectare in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa bean yields recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1166 tonnes per hectare in 1998.
- How does Ecuador rank for cocoa bean yields?
- Ecuador ranks 7th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa bean yields rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 77.8%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cocoa bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.