Sugar cane — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Sugar cane — Yield was 83,539 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — 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 cane — yield in Ecuador is 83,539 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Ecuador peaked at 98,484 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 34,420 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Ecuador 19th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 88,421 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 84,860 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 89,042 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1964 | 83,206 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1965 | 83,429 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 80,015 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1967 | 69,698 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1968 | 78,210 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1969 | 82,353 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 78,313 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1971 | 72,289 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1972 | 63,065 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1973 | 61,419 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 65,937 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 67,370 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 67,482 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 68,783 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 66,451 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 64,019 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 61,389 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 60,156 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 58,757 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 70,327 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1984 | 64,135 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1985 | 57,282 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1986 | 55,575 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 57,594 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 64,435 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1989 | 70,644 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1990 | 67,170 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 77,940 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1992 | 38,630 kg/ha | -50.4% |
| 1993 | 40,801 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 34,420 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1995 | 37,285 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1996 | 72,178 kg/ha | +93.6% |
| 1997 | 71,317 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 63,636 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1999 | 83,118 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2000 | 69,821 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2001 | 72,440 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 68,864 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 69,697 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 66,401 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 72,757 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2006 | 76,676 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 86,348 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2008 | 96,136 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 79,318 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2010 | 78,064 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 94,058 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2012 | 77,478 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2013 | 70,828 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2014 | 85,160 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2015 | 98,484 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2016 | 82,758 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2017 | 81,644 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 75,891 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 76,000 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 79,022 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 87,214 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 68,410 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 2023 | 83,137 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2024 | 83,539 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 83,539 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 58,123 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 83,539 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,271 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +93.6% | 37,285 kg/ha | 72,178 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82,137 kg/ha | 69,698 kg/ha | 89,042 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 67,513 kg/ha | 61,419 kg/ha | 78,313 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 62,029 kg/ha | 55,575 kg/ha | 70,644 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 58,649 kg/ha | 34,420 kg/ha | 83,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 75,846 kg/ha | 66,401 kg/ha | 96,136 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 82,036 kg/ha | 70,828 kg/ha | 98,484 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 80,264 kg/ha | 68,410 kg/ha | 87,214 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 16 French Polynesia 88,620 kg/ha compare
- 17 Australia 87,657 kg/ha compare
- 17 Australia and New Zealand 87,657 kg/ha compare
- 20 Zimbabwe 83,000 kg/ha compare
- 21 China, mainland 80,871 kg/ha compare
- 22 China 80,791 kg/ha compare
- 22 Caribbean 38,743 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 sugar cane — yield in Ecuador?
- Sugar cane — yield in Ecuador was 83,539 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 98,484 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,420 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Ecuador rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 19th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.