Plantains — Food in Ecuador
Ecuador: Plantains — Food was 573 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Plantains — Food in Ecuador, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 573 1000 t for plantains — food in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 50.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food in Ecuador peaked at 573 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 380 1000 t, in 2013.
Ecuador ranks 16th of 164 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Plantains — Food in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 523 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 566 1000 t | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 520 1000 t | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 380 1000 t | -26.9% |
| 2014 | 505 1000 t | +32.9% |
| 2015 | 438 1000 t | -13.3% |
| 2016 | 390 1000 t | -11.0% |
| 2017 | 566 1000 t | +45.1% |
| 2018 | 406 1000 t | -28.3% |
| 2019 | 513 1000 t | +26.4% |
| 2020 | 475 1000 t | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 527 1000 t | +10.9% |
| 2022 | 572 1000 t | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 573 1000 t | +0.2% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 573 1000 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8.5 1000 t, 67.4× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 480.7 1000 t | 380 1000 t | 566 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 536.75 1000 t | 475 1000 t | 573 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 13 Cuba 701 1000 t compare
- 14 Sri Lanka 698 1000 t compare
- 15 Guinea 658 1000 t compare
- 17 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 531 1000 t compare
- 18 United Republic of Tanzania 463 1000 t compare
- 19 United States 408 1000 t 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 plantains — food in Ecuador?
- Plantains — food in Ecuador was 573 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 573 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest plantains — food recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 380 1000 t in 2013.
- How does Ecuador rank for plantains — food?
- Ecuador ranks 16th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.8%. 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 Plantains — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.