Sorghum — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Sorghum — Yield was 1,706 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Yield in Ecuador, 1976–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — yield in Ecuador stood at 1,706 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Ecuador peaked at 3,770 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 892.3 kg/ha, in 1994.
Ecuador ranks 52nd of 111 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3,770 kg/ha | — |
| 1977 | 2,167 kg/ha | -42.5% |
| 1978 | 3,595 kg/ha | +65.9% |
| 1979 | 2,718 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1980 | 2,964 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1981 | 3,578 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1982 | 2,998 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1983 | 2,276 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1984 | 3,132 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 1985 | 3,028 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 2,482 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1987 | 2,920 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1988 | 1,829 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 1989 | 1,670 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 2,827 kg/ha | +69.4% |
| 1991 | 1,529 kg/ha | -45.9% |
| 1992 | 1,396 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 1,295 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 892.3 kg/ha | -31.1% |
| 1995 | 1,207 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 1996 | 1,172 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 1,711 kg/ha | +45.9% |
| 1998 | 1,355 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1999 | 1,355 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,470 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 1,438 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 2,000 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 2003 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,486 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 2006 | 1,507 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 1,600 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,645 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 1,644 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,617 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 1,614 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,617 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,649 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 1,654 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1,640 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,667 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1,690 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,709 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 1,712 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,704 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 1,708 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,708 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,706 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,706 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,706 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,187 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +69.4% | 1,670 kg/ha | 2,827 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +65.9% | 2,167 kg/ha | 3,595 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -45.9% | 2,827 kg/ha | 1,529 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +45.9% | 1,172 kg/ha | 1,711 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -42.5% | 3,770 kg/ha | 2,167 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3,062 kg/ha | 2,167 kg/ha | 3,770 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1980s | 2,688 kg/ha | 1,670 kg/ha | 3,578 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,474 kg/ha | 892.3 kg/ha | 2,827 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,675 kg/ha | 1,438 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,650 kg/ha | 1,614 kg/ha | 1,709 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,708 kg/ha | 1,704 kg/ha | 1,712 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 49 Kyrgyzstan 1,808 kg/ha compare
- 50 Republic of Korea 1,796 kg/ha compare
- 51 Senegal 1,712 kg/ha compare
- 53 Cameroon 1,622 kg/ha compare
- 54 El Salvador 1,613 kg/ha compare
- 55 Cuba 1,503 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 sorghum — yield in Ecuador?
- Sorghum — yield in Ecuador was 1,706 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 3,770 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 892.3 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Ecuador rank for sorghum — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 52nd out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. 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 Sorghum — 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.