Sugar beet — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Sugar beet — Yield was 6,373 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar beet — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar beet — yield in Ecuador is 6,373 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in Ecuador peaked at 14,000 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 4,076 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Ecuador 64th out of 65 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,967 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,000 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 12,253 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1964 | 10,873 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1965 | 9,820 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1966 | 9,058 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1967 | 10,347 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1968 | 6,022 kg/ha | -41.8% |
| 1969 | 5,951 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 6,002 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 7,190 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1972 | 6,130 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1973 | 7,054 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1974 | 4,076 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 1975 | 8,950 kg/ha | +119.6% |
| 1976 | 6,363 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 1977 | 8,951 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 1978 | 6,023 kg/ha | -32.7% |
| 1979 | 4,715 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1980 | 5,917 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1981 | 6,176 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 7,686 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1983 | 7,936 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 8,270 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 7,502 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1986 | 8,392 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1987 | 8,704 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 8,746 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 8,431 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1990 | 11,767 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 1991 | 13,436 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1992 | 6,819 kg/ha | -49.2% |
| 1993 | 6,927 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 6,783 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 6,206 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1996 | 5,946 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 6,141 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 5,559 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1999 | 6,342 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2000 | 6,649 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 5,750 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2002 | 4,885 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2003 | 4,923 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 6,235 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 2005 | 6,429 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 6,389 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 6,417 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 6,500 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 6,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5,992 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 5,993 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 6,189 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 6,220 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 6,092 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 6,051 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 6,118 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 6,338 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 6,475 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 6,311 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 6,375 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 6,387 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 6,358 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 6,373 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 6,373 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 6,373 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26,074 kg/ha, 24% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 6,373 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 26,074 kg/ha, 24% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +119.6% | 4,076 kg/ha | 8,950 kg/ha |
| 1992 | -49.2% | 13,436 kg/ha | 6,819 kg/ha |
| 1968 | -41.8% | 10,347 kg/ha | 6,022 kg/ha |
| 1974 | -42.2% | 7,054 kg/ha | 4,076 kg/ha |
| 1977 | +40.7% | 6,363 kg/ha | 8,951 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +39.6% | 8,431 kg/ha | 11,767 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,254 kg/ha | 5,951 kg/ha | 14,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,545 kg/ha | 4,076 kg/ha | 8,951 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,776 kg/ha | 5,917 kg/ha | 8,746 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,592 kg/ha | 5,559 kg/ha | 13,436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,068 kg/ha | 4,885 kg/ha | 6,649 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,178 kg/ha | 5,992 kg/ha | 6,475 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,373 kg/ha | 6,358 kg/ha | 6,387 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 sugar beet — yield in Ecuador?
- Sugar beet — yield in Ecuador was 6,373 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 14,000 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,076 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Ecuador rank for sugar beet — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 64th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. 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 Sugar beet — 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.