Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 575.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Ecuador stood at 575.3 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.4% on the previous year and up 27.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Ecuador peaked at 979.8 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 209 kg/ha, in 1968.
Ecuador ranks 96th of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 272.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 239.5 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1963 | 225.7 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1964 | 248.4 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1965 | 240.8 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 252.3 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 224.9 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1968 | 209 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1969 | 281.8 kg/ha | +34.8% |
| 1970 | 278.7 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 300 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1972 | 282.7 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 294.4 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 352.4 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1975 | 412.4 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1976 | 400.9 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 474.4 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1978 | 524.6 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1979 | 612.1 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1980 | 663 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 682.3 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 696.9 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 546.6 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1984 | 732.7 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 1985 | 785.6 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 813.9 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 888.9 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1988 | 842.7 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 914.6 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 941.2 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 671.9 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1992 | 766.5 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1993 | 855 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 979.8 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1995 | 551.2 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 1996 | 587.6 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 414.2 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1998 | 526.4 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1999 | 608.2 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2000 | 655.1 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 690.5 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 692 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 703.8 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 637 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2005 | 544 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2006 | 430.5 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 2007 | 552.4 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 2008 | 613.9 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 515.3 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2010 | 599.7 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2011 | 504.1 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2012 | 561.2 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 484.1 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2014 | 449.9 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 498.3 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 451.5 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 451.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 434.8 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 451.1 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 470.8 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 530.2 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2022 | 574.7 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2023 | 502.8 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 575.3 kg/ha | +14.4% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 575.3 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 601.5 kg/ha, 96% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 575.3 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 542 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 243.86 kg/ha | 209 kg/ha | 281.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 393.26 kg/ha | 278.7 kg/ha | 612.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 756.72 kg/ha | 546.6 kg/ha | 914.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 690.2 kg/ha | 414.2 kg/ha | 979.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 603.45 kg/ha | 430.5 kg/ha | 703.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 488.66 kg/ha | 434.8 kg/ha | 599.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 530.76 kg/ha | 470.8 kg/ha | 575.3 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Ecuador?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Ecuador was 575.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 979.8 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 209 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Ecuador rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 96th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.9%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.