Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ecuador
Ecuador: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 2,520 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ecuador is 2,520 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ecuador peaked at 10,484 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,912 kg/ha, in 1995.
That places Ecuador 69th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,333 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1964 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1966 | 4,667 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1967 | 6,400 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1968 | 7,720 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1969 | 7,083 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1970 | 6,800 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1971 | 6,923 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 6,923 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,926 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1974 | 6,000 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 6,667 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 5,962 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1977 | 6,081 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 6,216 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 3,068 kg/ha | -50.7% |
| 1980 | 2,461 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1981 | 3,353 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 1982 | 5,299 kg/ha | +58.0% |
| 1983 | 5,611 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 5,408 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 4,712 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1986 | 5,074 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 5,176 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 7,572 kg/ha | +46.3% |
| 1989 | 6,454 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1990 | 10,484 kg/ha | +62.4% |
| 1991 | 3,669 kg/ha | -65.0% |
| 1992 | 2,506 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 1993 | 2,529 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 2,504 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 1,912 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1996 | 2,396 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1997 | 2,164 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1998 | 2,060 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 2,037 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 2,037 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,915 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 1,944 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 1,938 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,122 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 2,340 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2006 | 2,292 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 2,250 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 2,419 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 2,353 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 2,500 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 2,778 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2012 | 2,611 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 2,526 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 2,499 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 2,624 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 2,552 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 2,509 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 2,498 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 2,492 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,551 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 2,513 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 2,518 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,527 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,520 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,726 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 7,720 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,057 kg/ha | 3,068 kg/ha | 6,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,112 kg/ha | 2,461 kg/ha | 7,572 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,226 kg/ha | 1,912 kg/ha | 10,484 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,161 kg/ha | 1,915 kg/ha | 2,419 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,559 kg/ha | 2,492 kg/ha | 2,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,526 kg/ha | 2,513 kg/ha | 2,551 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 66 Saint Lucia 3,794 kg/ha compare
- 67 Eritrea 3,448 kg/ha compare
- 68 Fiji 2,986 kg/ha compare
- 70 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,514 kg/ha compare
- 71 Haiti 2,503 kg/ha compare
- 72 Philippines 1,534 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ecuador?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ecuador was 2,520 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 10,484 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,912 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Ecuador rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Ecuador ranks 69th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., 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.