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 75th of 178 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.
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 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 72 Thailand 4,661 kg/ha compare
- 73 North Macedonia 4,603 kg/ha compare
- 74 Melanesia 4,499 kg/ha compare
- 76 Colombia 4,343 kg/ha compare
- 77 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,339 kg/ha compare
- 78 Czechoslovakia 4,312 kg/ha 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 (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 75th out of 178 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.