Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield was 1,525 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Ecuador, 1977–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Ecuador is 1,525 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Ecuador peaked at 1,853 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 452.2 kg/ha, in 1980.
Ecuador ranks 6th of 28 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 732.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1979 | 512.3 kg/ha | -48.8% |
| 1980 | 452.2 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1981 | 664.7 kg/ha | +47.0% |
| 1982 | 785.5 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1983 | 654.9 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1984 | 1,088 kg/ha | +66.1% |
| 1985 | 1,000 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1986 | 1,150 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1987 | 1,120 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 1,080 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 700 kg/ha | -35.2% |
| 1990 | 726.7 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 690.6 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 699.6 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 756.4 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1994 | 781.8 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 757.6 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 800 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 613.3 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1999 | 613 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,853 kg/ha | +202.3% |
| 2001 | 1,340 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2002 | 1,464 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 1,495 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 1,473 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 1,475 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,478 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,400 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 1,429 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 1,400 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 1,464 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 1,478 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 1,430 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 1,431 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,512 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 1,527 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,459 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 1,511 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 1,539 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 1,481 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 1,553 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 1,524 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 1,519 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,532 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 1,525 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,525 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,317 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,525 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,330 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +202.3% | 613 kg/ha | 1,853 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +66.1% | 654.9 kg/ha | 1,088 kg/ha |
| 1979 | -48.8% | 1,000 kg/ha | 512.3 kg/ha |
| 1981 | +47.0% | 452.2 kg/ha | 664.7 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +36.6% | 732.3 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
| 1989 | -35.2% | 1,080 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 748.2 kg/ha | 512.3 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 3 |
| 1980s | 869.48 kg/ha | 452.2 kg/ha | 1,150 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 723.9 kg/ha | 613 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,481 kg/ha | 1,340 kg/ha | 1,853 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,483 kg/ha | 1,430 kg/ha | 1,539 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,531 kg/ha | 1,519 kg/ha | 1,553 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 3 Cambodia 1,649 kg/ha compare
- 3 Côte d'Ivoire 1,642 kg/ha compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,782 kg/ha compare
- 4 Philippines 1,644 kg/ha compare
- 5 Gabon 1,578 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 1,344 kg/ha compare
- 8 Thailand 1,332 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 584.1 kg/ha compare
- 9 Brazil 1,317 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 228.4 kg/ha compare
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 natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Ecuador?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — yield in Ecuador was 1,525 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,853 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 452.2 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Ecuador rank for natural rubber in primary forms — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 6th out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.