Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 8,169 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Ecuador, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Ecuador is 8,169 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Ecuador peaked at 8,649 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 4,646 kg/ha, in 1994.
Ecuador ranks 124th of 134 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 8,081 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 4,646 kg/ha | -42.5% |
| 1995 | 6,469 kg/ha | +39.2% |
| 1996 | 8,058 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1997 | 8,253 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 8,151 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 7,926 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 7,936 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 7,992 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 7,989 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 8,571 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 8,649 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 8,250 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 8,000 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 8,302 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 8,417 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 8,336 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 8,359 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 8,435 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 8,467 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 8,034 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 8,331 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 7,936 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 8,285 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 8,182 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 8,134 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 8,201 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 8,172 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 8,169 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 8,169 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,413 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 8,169 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 16,593 kg/ha, 49% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | -42.5% | 8,081 kg/ha | 4,646 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +39.2% | 4,646 kg/ha | 6,469 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,369 kg/ha | 4,646 kg/ha | 8,253 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 8,139 kg/ha | 7,936 kg/ha | 8,649 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,290 kg/ha | 7,936 kg/ha | 8,467 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,172 kg/ha | 8,134 kg/ha | 8,201 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 121 Costa Rica 9,051 kg/ha compare
- 122 Djibouti 8,874 kg/ha compare
- 123 USSR 8,466 kg/ha
- 125 Bhutan 8,049 kg/ha compare
- 126 Yugoslav SFR 7,958 kg/ha
- 127 Philippines 7,621 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 cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Ecuador?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Ecuador was 8,169 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 8,649 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,646 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Ecuador rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 124th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. 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 Cucumbers and gherkins — 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.