Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 8,856 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 8,856 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Ecuador peaked at 11,413 kg/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 4,440 kg/ha, in 2002.
Ecuador ranks 148th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,955 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,567 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 7,662 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1964 | 7,627 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 8,784 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1966 | 8,261 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1967 | 9,316 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1968 | 9,569 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 10,766 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 10,767 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 11,413 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 10,432 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1973 | 10,899 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 10,263 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1975 | 11,108 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1976 | 10,953 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 9,287 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1978 | 9,245 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 8,873 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 9,437 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 10,475 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1982 | 10,403 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 10,198 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 10,354 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 10,744 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1986 | 6,816 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 1987 | 6,141 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1988 | 6,734 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 6,705 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 6,704 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 5,905 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1992 | 6,584 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1993 | 6,300 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 6,984 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1995 | 6,107 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1996 | 7,122 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1997 | 7,622 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1998 | 8,087 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 7,790 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 4,736 kg/ha | -39.2% |
| 2001 | 7,534 kg/ha | +59.1% |
| 2002 | 4,440 kg/ha | -41.1% |
| 2003 | 6,229 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 2004 | 6,070 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 5,891 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 5,669 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 5,766 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 5,432 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 4,720 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2010 | 6,548 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 2011 | 5,769 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2012 | 6,304 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2013 | 5,450 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2014 | 8,783 kg/ha | +61.2% |
| 2015 | 8,386 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2016 | 9,103 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2017 | 8,628 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 7,924 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 8,162 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 9,593 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2021 | 7,545 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2022 | 8,866 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2023 | 8,304 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 8,856 kg/ha | +6.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 8,856 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 16,960 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 8,856 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,572 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,723 kg/ha | 7,627 kg/ha | 10,766 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,324 kg/ha | 8,873 kg/ha | 11,413 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,801 kg/ha | 6,141 kg/ha | 10,744 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,921 kg/ha | 5,905 kg/ha | 8,087 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,649 kg/ha | 4,440 kg/ha | 7,534 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,506 kg/ha | 5,450 kg/ha | 9,103 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,633 kg/ha | 7,545 kg/ha | 9,593 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 145 Mozambique 8,936 kg/ha compare
- 146 Philippines 8,919 kg/ha compare
- 147 Yugoslav SFR 8,876 kg/ha compare
- 149 Namibia 8,723 kg/ha compare
- 150 Burundi 8,703 kg/ha compare
- 151 Guinea 8,476 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Ecuador?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Ecuador was 8,856 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 11,413 kg/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,440 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Ecuador rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 148th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.