Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield was 1,335 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Ecuador is 1,335 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.4% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Ecuador peaked at 1,536 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 448.7 kg/ha, in 1968.
Ecuador ranks 53rd of 112 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,536 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,154 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 1963 | 819.1 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1964 | 1,022 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1965 | 782.7 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1966 | 787.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 770.1 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 448.7 kg/ha | -41.7% |
| 1969 | 845 kg/ha | +88.3% |
| 1970 | 854.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 953.9 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1972 | 924.7 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 814.3 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1974 | 883.8 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1975 | 958 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1976 | 663.9 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 1977 | 700 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 818.6 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1979 | 1,304 kg/ha | +59.3% |
| 1980 | 1,175 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1981 | 1,158 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 736.7 kg/ha | -36.4% |
| 1983 | 831.1 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1984 | 836 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 937.6 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1986 | 1,003 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 1,028 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 642.6 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1989 | 977.5 kg/ha | +52.1% |
| 1990 | 883.8 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 682.6 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1992 | 635.4 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 541.2 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1994 | 768 kg/ha | +41.9% |
| 1995 | 466.5 kg/ha | -39.3% |
| 1996 | 750 kg/ha | +60.8% |
| 1997 | 1,184 kg/ha | +57.9% |
| 1998 | 590.3 kg/ha | -50.2% |
| 1999 | 656.6 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2000 | 556.1 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2001 | 868.6 kg/ha | +56.2% |
| 2002 | 640.3 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 2003 | 863.6 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 2004 | 1,280 kg/ha | +48.2% |
| 2005 | 1,057 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2006 | 1,046 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 1,064 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 1,084 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 1,103 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 1,158 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 1,190 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 1,233 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 1,264 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1,295 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 1,324 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 1,428 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 1,428 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,428 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,428 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,429 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,424 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,082 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 2024 | 1,335 kg/ha | +23.4% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,335 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,566 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,335 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,514 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 907.27 kg/ha | 448.7 kg/ha | 1,536 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 887.55 kg/ha | 663.9 kg/ha | 1,304 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 932.48 kg/ha | 642.6 kg/ha | 1,175 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 715.88 kg/ha | 466.5 kg/ha | 1,184 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 956.35 kg/ha | 556.1 kg/ha | 1,280 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,318 kg/ha | 1,158 kg/ha | 1,428 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,340 kg/ha | 1,082 kg/ha | 1,429 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Ecuador?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield in Ecuador was 1,335 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,536 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 448.7 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Ecuador rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 53rd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.