Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 7,346 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — yield in Ecuador stood at 7,346 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Ecuador peaked at 20,807 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 5,959 kg/ha, in 2003.
That places Ecuador 90th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,873 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,546 kg/ha | +70.6% |
| 1963 | 17,195 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1964 | 13,401 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1965 | 14,418 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 20,807 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 1967 | 18,725 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1968 | 16,902 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1969 | 15,577 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1970 | 15,653 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 15,740 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 12,954 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1973 | 14,615 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1974 | 11,954 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1975 | 11,460 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1976 | 16,012 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 1977 | 15,791 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 12,356 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1979 | 11,409 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 13,667 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1981 | 14,177 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 12,728 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1983 | 13,243 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 13,247 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 11,927 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1986 | 7,972 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 1987 | 6,766 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1988 | 9,864 kg/ha | +45.8% |
| 1989 | 10,226 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 12,181 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1991 | 18,111 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 1992 | 9,142 kg/ha | -49.5% |
| 1993 | 16,470 kg/ha | +80.2% |
| 1994 | 8,046 kg/ha | -51.1% |
| 1995 | 11,854 kg/ha | +47.3% |
| 1996 | 10,809 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1997 | 9,900 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1998 | 7,099 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1999 | 7,885 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 6,184 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 2001 | 7,100 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2002 | 6,538 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 5,959 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 6,360 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 7,890 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2006 | 8,125 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 8,182 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 8,095 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 8,114 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 7,124 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2011 | 7,290 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 7,577 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 7,604 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 7,071 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 7,204 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 7,281 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 7,441 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 7,308 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 7,344 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 7,364 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 7,339 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 7,349 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 7,351 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 7,346 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 7,346 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,590 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 7,346 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 13,018 kg/ha, 56% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +80.2% | 9,142 kg/ha | 16,470 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,272 kg/ha | 10,873 kg/ha | 20,807 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,794 kg/ha | 11,409 kg/ha | 16,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,382 kg/ha | 6,766 kg/ha | 14,177 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,150 kg/ha | 7,099 kg/ha | 18,111 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,255 kg/ha | 5,959 kg/ha | 8,182 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,324 kg/ha | 7,071 kg/ha | 7,604 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,350 kg/ha | 7,339 kg/ha | 7,364 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 lettuce and chicory — yield in Ecuador?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Ecuador was 7,346 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 20,807 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,959 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Ecuador rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 90th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lettuce and chicory — 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.