Potatoes — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Potatoes — Yield was 16,158 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Ecuador is 16,158 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.0% on the previous year and up 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Ecuador peaked at 16,410 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,879 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Ecuador 102nd out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,394 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,278 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1963 | 8,652 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 8,340 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 8,894 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1966 | 7,826 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1967 | 8,267 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1968 | 10,392 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1969 | 11,026 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 11,474 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 12,736 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1972 | 12,546 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 12,374 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 12,861 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 12,643 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 12,105 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 11,583 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 11,500 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 9,463 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1980 | 10,639 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1981 | 12,391 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1982 | 11,863 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 11,742 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 11,633 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 11,567 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 7,248 kg/ha | -37.3% |
| 1987 | 6,309 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1988 | 7,122 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 7,432 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 7,173 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 6,840 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 7,744 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1993 | 7,469 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 8,137 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 7,172 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1996 | 8,491 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1997 | 8,963 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 9,218 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 9,308 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 5,633 kg/ha | -39.5% |
| 2001 | 9,725 kg/ha | +72.6% |
| 2002 | 4,879 kg/ha | -49.8% |
| 2003 | 7,494 kg/ha | +53.6% |
| 2004 | 7,159 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 6,967 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 6,977 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 6,802 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 6,142 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2009 | 5,853 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 8,742 kg/ha | +49.4% |
| 2011 | 7,775 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 8,308 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 7,313 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2014 | 12,680 kg/ha | +73.4% |
| 2015 | 13,383 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 14,260 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 12,774 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2018 | 12,182 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 13,995 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2020 | 16,410 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2021 | 12,822 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2022 | 14,026 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 14,560 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 16,158 kg/ha | +11.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 16,158 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,409 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 16,158 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,008 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +73.4% | 7,313 kg/ha | 12,680 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +72.6% | 5,633 kg/ha | 9,725 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,008 kg/ha | 7,826 kg/ha | 11,026 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,928 kg/ha | 9,463 kg/ha | 12,861 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,795 kg/ha | 6,309 kg/ha | 12,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,052 kg/ha | 6,840 kg/ha | 9,308 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,763 kg/ha | 4,879 kg/ha | 9,725 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,141 kg/ha | 7,313 kg/ha | 14,260 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,795 kg/ha | 12,822 kg/ha | 16,410 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 99 Nepal 16,651 kg/ha compare
- 100 North Macedonia 16,618 kg/ha compare
- 101 Czechoslovakia 16,237 kg/ha compare
- 103 Philippines 16,105 kg/ha compare
- 104 Georgia 15,821 kg/ha compare
- 105 Myanmar 15,634 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 potatoes — yield in Ecuador?
- Potatoes — yield in Ecuador was 16,158 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 16,410 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,879 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Ecuador rank for potatoes — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 102nd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.4%. 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 Potatoes — 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.