Papayas — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Papayas — Yield was 12,855 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Papayas — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for papayas — yield in Ecuador is 12,855 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in Ecuador peaked at 30,421 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 5,652 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Ecuador 44th out of 64 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Papayas — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 27,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 27,347 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 27,200 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 27,451 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 26,699 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 26,182 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 25,974 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 22,572 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1969 | 26,190 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1970 | 25,907 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1971 | 26,471 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 26,667 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 26,923 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 28,000 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 30,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 30,421 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 29,775 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 26,233 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1979 | 23,059 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1980 | 22,467 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 22,193 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 19,982 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1983 | 15,295 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1984 | 16,013 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 17,934 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1986 | 18,026 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 17,175 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 25,592 kg/ha | +49.0% |
| 1989 | 25,369 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 25,866 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 14,524 kg/ha | -43.8% |
| 1992 | 13,856 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 15,896 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1994 | 14,893 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 11,511 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1996 | 12,373 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 13,832 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 15,756 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1999 | 19,678 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2000 | 5,652 kg/ha | -71.3% |
| 2001 | 17,348 kg/ha | +206.9% |
| 2002 | 17,732 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 16,676 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 12,391 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 2005 | 12,756 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 12,874 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 12,866 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 12,913 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 12,903 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 13,387 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 13,448 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 13,333 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 12,727 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 12,857 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 12,989 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 12,865 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 13,025 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 12,962 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 12,952 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 12,980 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 12,964 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 13,053 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 12,554 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 12,855 kg/ha | +2.4% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 12,855 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,345 kg/ha, 60% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 12,855 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20,560 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +206.9% | 5,652 kg/ha | 17,348 kg/ha |
| 2000 | -71.3% | 19,678 kg/ha | 5,652 kg/ha |
| 1988 | +49.0% | 17,175 kg/ha | 25,592 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -43.8% | 25,866 kg/ha | 14,524 kg/ha |
| 2004 | -25.7% | 16,676 kg/ha | 12,391 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,346 kg/ha | 22,572 kg/ha | 27,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,345 kg/ha | 23,059 kg/ha | 30,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,005 kg/ha | 15,295 kg/ha | 25,592 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,818 kg/ha | 11,511 kg/ha | 25,866 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,411 kg/ha | 5,652 kg/ha | 17,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,055 kg/ha | 12,727 kg/ha | 13,448 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,881 kg/ha | 12,554 kg/ha | 13,053 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 papayas — yield in Ecuador?
- Papayas — yield in Ecuador was 12,855 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 30,421 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,652 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Ecuador rank for papayas — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 44th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Papayas — 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.