Palm kernels — Production in Ecuador
Ecuador: Palm kernels — Production was 82,000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Palm kernels — Production in Ecuador, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 82,000 t for palm kernels — production in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, palm kernels — production in Ecuador peaked at 137,000 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,700 t, in 1974.
Ecuador ranks 16th of 47 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 | 6,367 t | 5,000 t | 9,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,777 t | 2,700 t | 6,500 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,794 t | 6,311 t | 27,095 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,464 t | 25,070 t | 45,090 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 66,543 t | 37,160 t | 103,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 117,100 t | 88,000 t | 137,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 88,500 t | 82,000 t | 104,000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
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 palm kernels — production in Ecuador?
- Palm kernels — production in Ecuador was 82,000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest palm kernels — production recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 137,000 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest palm kernels — production recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,700 t in 1974.
- How does Ecuador rank for palm kernels — production?
- Ecuador ranks 16th out of 47 countries with data for 2023.
- Is palm kernels — production rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.1%. 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 Palm kernels — Production. 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.