Maize (corn) — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Maize (corn) — Yield was 4,365 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Ecuador is 4,365 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Ecuador peaked at 4,641 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 429.8 kg/ha, in 1964.
Ecuador ranks 71st of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 672.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 651.7 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1963 | 778.2 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1964 | 429.8 kg/ha | -44.8% |
| 1965 | 623.4 kg/ha | +45.0% |
| 1966 | 654.2 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1967 | 625.5 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1968 | 681.2 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 724.8 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 877.9 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1971 | 709.2 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1972 | 732.6 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 928.4 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1974 | 941.7 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 997.3 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 993.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 884.4 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1978 | 952.2 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 995.8 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 1,070 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 1,150 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1982 | 1,496 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1983 | 1,115 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1984 | 1,329 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1985 | 1,621 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1986 | 973.7 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 1987 | 916.3 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 881.6 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 1,092 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1990 | 1,060 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 1,382 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1992 | 1,042 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1993 | 1,144 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 1,121 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 1,155 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 1,142 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 1,148 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 1,074 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 1,181 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 1,461 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2001 | 764.2 kg/ha | -47.7% |
| 2002 | 1,432 kg/ha | +87.4% |
| 2003 | 1,690 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2004 | 1,884 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 2,123 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2006 | 1,878 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2007 | 2,310 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2008 | 2,244 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 2,200 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 2,235 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 1,667 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 2012 | 2,732 kg/ha | +63.9% |
| 2013 | 2,370 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 3,434 kg/ha | +44.9% |
| 2015 | 4,467 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 2016 | 3,565 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2017 | 4,002 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 3,624 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 4,584 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 2020 | 3,823 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2021 | 4,641 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2022 | 4,528 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 4,400 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 4,365 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 4,365 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 4,365 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,084 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 649.04 kg/ha | 429.8 kg/ha | 778.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 901.31 kg/ha | 709.2 kg/ha | 997.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,165 kg/ha | 881.6 kg/ha | 1,621 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,145 kg/ha | 1,042 kg/ha | 1,382 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,799 kg/ha | 764.2 kg/ha | 2,310 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,268 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 4,584 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,351 kg/ha | 3,823 kg/ha | 4,641 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 maize (corn) — yield in Ecuador?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Ecuador was 4,365 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 4,641 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 429.8 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Ecuador rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 71st out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.1%. 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 Maize (corn) — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.