Cocoa beans — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Cocoa beans — Yield was 745.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — yield in Ecuador stood at 745.4 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 77.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in Ecuador peaked at 745.4 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 116.6 kg/ha, in 1998.
That places Ecuador 7th out of 53 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.
Cocoa beans — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 201.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 196.9 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 231.9 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1965 | 207.9 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1966 | 282 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 1967 | 306.2 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 389.2 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1969 | 210.2 kg/ha | -46.0% |
| 1970 | 234.7 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1971 | 323.2 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 1972 | 311.1 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 297.4 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 410.6 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 1975 | 327.9 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1976 | 284.1 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1977 | 303 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 251 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1979 | 286.7 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1980 | 338 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1981 | 298 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1982 | 350 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1983 | 166.7 kg/ha | -52.4% |
| 1984 | 290.5 kg/ha | +74.3% |
| 1985 | 456 kg/ha | +57.0% |
| 1986 | 275.5 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 1987 | 185.1 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1988 | 261.3 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 1989 | 252.7 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 294.4 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1991 | 292.1 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 287.4 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 258.3 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1994 | 249.4 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 244.7 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 264.9 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 266.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 116.6 kg/ha | -56.2% |
| 1999 | 314.4 kg/ha | +169.6% |
| 2000 | 161.3 kg/ha | -48.7% |
| 2001 | 177 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2002 | 165.8 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 253.3 kg/ha | +52.8% |
| 2004 | 266.6 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 261.8 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 250.2 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 240.8 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 250.4 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 302.9 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2010 | 366.9 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2011 | 408.4 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 341.7 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2013 | 319.2 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 419.2 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 2015 | 417 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 390.9 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 440.7 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2018 | 468.5 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 539.9 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2020 | 621.8 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2021 | 555.8 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2022 | 662.1 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2023 | 727.2 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 745.4 kg/ha | +2.5% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 745.4 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 411.05 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 745.4 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 415.1 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +169.6% | 116.6 kg/ha | 314.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 247.36 kg/ha | 196.9 kg/ha | 389.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 302.97 kg/ha | 234.7 kg/ha | 410.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 287.38 kg/ha | 166.7 kg/ha | 456 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 258.84 kg/ha | 116.6 kg/ha | 314.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 233.01 kg/ha | 161.3 kg/ha | 302.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 411.24 kg/ha | 319.2 kg/ha | 539.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 662.46 kg/ha | 555.8 kg/ha | 745.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 4 Togo 986.8 kg/ha compare
- 4 Viet Nam 480.5 kg/ha compare
- 5 Madagascar 894.4 kg/ha compare
- 6 Peru 829.4 kg/ha compare
- 6 Caribbean 496.8 kg/ha compare
- 8 Côte d'Ivoire 495.5 kg/ha compare
- 8 Sri Lanka 680.9 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 399.8 kg/ha compare
- 9 Grenada 591.1 kg/ha compare
- 10 Ghana 576.2 kg/ha compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 380.8 kg/ha compare
- 10 Micronesia 380.8 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 cocoa beans — yield in Ecuador?
- Cocoa beans — yield in Ecuador was 745.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 745.4 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 116.6 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Ecuador rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 7th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield 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, published as part of Cocoa beans — 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.