Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 1,286 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — yield in Ecuador is 1,286 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Ecuador peaked at 2,425 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 438.2 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Ecuador 48th out of 94 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.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 495.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 450.5 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1963 | 438.2 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 624 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 1965 | 677.6 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1966 | 738.2 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1967 | 665.1 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1968 | 663.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 1,084 kg/ha | +63.5% |
| 1970 | 866.1 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1971 | 1,301 kg/ha | +50.2% |
| 1972 | 832.9 kg/ha | -36.0% |
| 1973 | 847.5 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 912.1 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 931.8 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 900 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1977 | 1,027 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1978 | 1,302 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1979 | 1,246 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 2,050 kg/ha | +64.6% |
| 1981 | 1,742 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1982 | 1,448 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1983 | 773 kg/ha | -46.6% |
| 1984 | 787.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 1,142 kg/ha | +45.0% |
| 1986 | 1,490 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 1987 | 801.1 kg/ha | -46.2% |
| 1988 | 905.8 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1989 | 1,111 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1990 | 1,195 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1991 | 1,197 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 924.7 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1993 | 1,003 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 1,177 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1995 | 1,066 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1996 | 1,030 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 955.3 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 2,425 kg/ha | +153.8% |
| 1999 | 1,386 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 2000 | 2,236 kg/ha | +61.3% |
| 2001 | 1,307 kg/ha | -41.6% |
| 2002 | 1,206 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 1,207 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,363 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2005 | 1,306 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 1,313 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 1,315 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,310 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 1,335 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 1,327 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 1,345 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,277 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 1,273 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,288 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 1,340 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 1,298 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 1,307 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 1,314 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,260 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 1,294 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 1,289 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,281 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 1,288 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 1,286 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,286 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,839 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,286 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,480 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed cotton, unginned — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +153.8% | 955.3 kg/ha | 2,425 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 648.48 kg/ha | 438.2 kg/ha | 1,084 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,017 kg/ha | 832.9 kg/ha | 1,302 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,225 kg/ha | 773 kg/ha | 2,050 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,236 kg/ha | 924.7 kg/ha | 2,425 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,390 kg/ha | 1,206 kg/ha | 2,236 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,303 kg/ha | 1,260 kg/ha | 1,345 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,287 kg/ha | 1,281 kg/ha | 1,294 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Ecuador?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Ecuador was 1,286 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,425 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 438.2 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Ecuador rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 48th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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.