Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield was 1,982 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Ecuador, 1999–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 1,982 kg/ha for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Ecuador peaked at 2,250 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1,978 kg/ha, in 2019.
That places Ecuador 15th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,250 kg/ha | — |
| 2000 | 2,242 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 2,050 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 2,105 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 2,100 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,079 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 2,078 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,067 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 2,000 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 2,026 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 2,029 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,027 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,034 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,018 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 2,006 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 2,010 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,999 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,992 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,985 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,978 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,985 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,982 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,982 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,983 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,982 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,982 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,412 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,982 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,899 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,250 kg/ha | 2,250 kg/ha | 2,250 kg/ha | 1 |
| 2000s | 2,085 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,242 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,008 kg/ha | 1,978 kg/ha | 2,034 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,983 kg/ha | 1,982 kg/ha | 1,985 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 12 Brazil 2,946 kg/ha compare
- 13 Mexico 2,852 kg/ha compare
- 14 Thailand 2,842 kg/ha compare
- 16 China, mainland 1,880 kg/ha compare
- 17 China 1,878 kg/ha compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 605.2 kg/ha compare
- 18 China, Macao SAR 1,720 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 pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Ecuador?
- Pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield in Ecuador was 1,982 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,250 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,978 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Ecuador rank for pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 15th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pepper (piper spp.), raw — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. 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 Pepper (Piper spp.), raw — 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.