Maize and products — Food in Ecuador
Ecuador: Maize and products — Food was 328 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Maize and products — Food in Ecuador, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, maize and products — food in Ecuador stood at 328 1000 t. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 11.6% on the previous year and down 45.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food in Ecuador peaked at 816 1000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 328 1000 t, in 2021.
That places Ecuador 53rd out of 179 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 668.1 1000 t | 570 1000 t | 794 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 460.75 1000 t | 328 1000 t | 816 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 50 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 381 1000 t compare
- 51 Uzbekistan 350 1000 t compare
- 54 Afghanistan 316 1000 t compare
- 55 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 310 1000 t compare
- 56 Indonesia 234 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture share gdp 9.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 36.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 6.70 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 7.59 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize and products — food in Ecuador?
- Maize and products — food in Ecuador was 328 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 816 1000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 328 1000 t in 2021.
- How does Ecuador rank for maize and products — food?
- Ecuador ranks 53rd out of 179 countries with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.4%. 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. 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.