Oil palm fruit — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Oil palm fruit — Yield was 16,870 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 16,870 kg/ha for oil palm fruit — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 13.3% on the previous year and up 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — yield in Ecuador peaked at 16,870 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,951 kg/ha, in 1976.
Ecuador ranks 6th of 41 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oil palm fruit — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,964 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,100 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 6,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,062 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 5,974 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 6,059 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 5,952 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 6,061 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 6,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,061 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 6,148 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 6,429 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 6,408 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 5,951 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1977 | 8,750 kg/ha | +47.0% |
| 1978 | 6,199 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1979 | 9,336 kg/ha | +50.6% |
| 1980 | 9,540 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1981 | 11,538 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1982 | 11,541 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 12,412 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1984 | 12,758 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 13,372 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 14,949 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1987 | 14,296 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1988 | 12,836 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1989 | 16,314 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1990 | 14,271 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1991 | 9,645 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 1992 | 13,804 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 1993 | 14,488 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 12,517 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1995 | 10,984 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1996 | 12,144 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1997 | 11,944 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 15,656 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1999 | 10,579 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 2000 | 11,782 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 11,392 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 8,942 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2003 | 10,400 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2004 | 9,917 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 11,058 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2006 | 11,672 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 12,457 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 14,744 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2009 | 11,387 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2010 | 14,731 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2011 | 10,350 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 2012 | 13,340 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2013 | 10,587 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 2014 | 12,751 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2015 | 14,382 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2016 | 11,841 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2017 | 12,586 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 12,438 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 11,328 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 12,980 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2021 | 15,858 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2022 | 16,243 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 14,888 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2024 | 16,870 kg/ha | +13.3% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 16,870 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,392 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 16,870 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,525 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,030 kg/ha | 5,952 kg/ha | 6,100 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,728 kg/ha | 5,951 kg/ha | 9,336 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,956 kg/ha | 9,540 kg/ha | 16,314 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,603 kg/ha | 9,645 kg/ha | 15,656 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,375 kg/ha | 8,942 kg/ha | 14,744 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,433 kg/ha | 10,350 kg/ha | 14,731 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,368 kg/ha | 12,980 kg/ha | 16,870 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 3 Guatemala 18,152 kg/ha compare
- 4 Benin 17,948 kg/ha compare
- 4 Melanesia 12,036 kg/ha compare
- 5 Indonesia 16,969 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,283 kg/ha compare
- 6 Caribbean 13,797 kg/ha compare
- 7 Costa Rica 16,400 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,580 kg/ha compare
- 8 Nicaragua 15,357 kg/ha compare
- 9 Colombia 15,295 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 oil palm fruit — yield in Ecuador?
- Oil palm fruit — yield in Ecuador was 16,870 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 16,870 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,951 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Ecuador rank for oil palm fruit — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 6th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.3%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.