Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Ecuador
Ecuador: Maize and products — Food supply quantity was 18.22 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Ecuador, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 18.22 kg/cap for maize and products — food supply quantity in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.6% on the previous year and down 52.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food supply quantity in Ecuador peaked at 46.49 kg/cap in 2020 and was at its lowest, 18.22 kg/cap, in 2023.
Ecuador ranks 48th of 161 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Maize and products — Food supply quantity in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 37.79 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 37.92 kg/cap | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 39.21 kg/cap | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 38 kg/cap | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 38.67 kg/cap | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 43.26 kg/cap | +11.9% |
| 2016 | 43.33 kg/cap | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 43.6 kg/cap | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 44.23 kg/cap | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 45.8 kg/cap | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 46.49 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 18.53 kg/cap | -60.1% |
| 2022 | 20.84 kg/cap | +12.5% |
| 2023 | 18.22 kg/cap | -12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 41.18 kg/cap | 37.79 kg/cap | 45.8 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.02 kg/cap | 18.22 kg/cap | 46.49 kg/cap | 4 |
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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 maize and products — food supply quantity in Ecuador?
- Maize and products — food supply quantity in Ecuador was 18.22 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food supply quantity recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 46.49 kg/cap in 2020.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food supply quantity recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.22 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Ecuador rank for maize and products — food supply quantity?
- Ecuador ranks 48th out of 161 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.1%. 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 Maize and products — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.