Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield was 8,060 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Ecuador is 8,060 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.7% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Ecuador peaked at 20,776 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 3,046 kg/ha, in 2000.
Ecuador ranks 31st of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,146 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,776 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1963 | 20,157 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1964 | 20,704 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 16,763 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1966 | 16,656 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 10,017 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 1968 | 12,701 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1969 | 12,654 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 12,496 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 11,994 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 12,096 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 12,663 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 7,374 kg/ha | -41.8% |
| 1975 | 5,381 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1976 | 5,628 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 7,862 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 1978 | 11,000 kg/ha | +39.9% |
| 1979 | 10,410 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1980 | 10,767 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 11,379 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 11,388 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 10,893 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1984 | 11,516 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 13,812 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1986 | 9,925 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1987 | 10,474 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 11,529 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1989 | 12,619 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1990 | 11,836 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 9,985 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1992 | 10,158 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 9,305 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1994 | 10,369 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 8,260 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1996 | 8,895 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 8,375 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 9,328 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1999 | 9,394 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 3,046 kg/ha | -67.6% |
| 2001 | 9,035 kg/ha | +196.6% |
| 2002 | 5,906 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 2003 | 5,767 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 5,835 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 6,085 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 5,612 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 5,597 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 4,557 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2009 | 4,963 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 4,838 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 5,132 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 6,094 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2013 | 4,959 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2014 | 7,279 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 2015 | 6,384 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2016 | 6,432 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 7,679 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2018 | 6,481 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2019 | 5,518 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2020 | 5,648 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 6,814 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2022 | 7,488 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2023 | 7,026 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 8,060 kg/ha | +14.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 8,060 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,928 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 8,060 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,928 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plantains and cooking bananas — 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 | +196.6% | 3,046 kg/ha | 9,035 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,397 kg/ha | 10,017 kg/ha | 20,776 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,690 kg/ha | 5,381 kg/ha | 12,663 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,430 kg/ha | 9,925 kg/ha | 13,812 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,591 kg/ha | 8,260 kg/ha | 11,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,640 kg/ha | 3,046 kg/ha | 9,035 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,080 kg/ha | 4,838 kg/ha | 7,679 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,007 kg/ha | 5,648 kg/ha | 8,060 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 plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Ecuador?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Ecuador was 8,060 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 20,776 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,046 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Ecuador rank for plantains and cooking bananas — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 31st out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — 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.