Sugar cane yields in Ecuador
Ecuador: Sugar cane yields was 83.54 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane yields in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 83.54 tonnes per hectare for sugar cane yields in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane yields in Ecuador peaked at 98.48 tonnes per hectare in 2015 and was at its lowest, 34.42 tonnes per hectare, in 1994.
Ecuador ranks 18th of 110 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82.14 tonnes per hectare | 69.7 tonnes per hectare | 89.04 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 67.51 tonnes per hectare | 61.42 tonnes per hectare | 78.31 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 62.03 tonnes per hectare | 55.57 tonnes per hectare | 70.64 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 58.65 tonnes per hectare | 34.42 tonnes per hectare | 83.12 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.85 tonnes per hectare | 66.4 tonnes per hectare | 96.14 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.04 tonnes per hectare | 70.83 tonnes per hectare | 98.48 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.26 tonnes per hectare | 68.41 tonnes per hectare | 87.21 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 15 French Polynesia 88.62 tonnes per hectare compare
- 16 Australia 87.66 tonnes per hectare compare
- 17 United States 84.21 tonnes per hectare compare
- 19 Zimbabwe 83 tonnes per hectare compare
- 20 Cote d'Ivoire 81.01 tonnes per hectare compare
- 21 China 80.87 tonnes per hectare compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.7% (2025)
- Rural population 6.70 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 36.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.7% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.7% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 696,223 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane yields in Ecuador?
- Sugar cane yields in Ecuador was 83.54 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sugar cane yields recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 98.48 tonnes per hectare in 2015.
- What is the lowest sugar cane yields recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.42 tonnes per hectare in 1994.
- How does Ecuador rank for sugar cane yields?
- Ecuador ranks 18th out of 110 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane yields 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sugar cane yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.