Sunflower seed — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Sunflower seed — Yield was 1,789 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Ecuador, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — yield in Ecuador is 1,789 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Ecuador peaked at 1,820 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 446.2 kg/ha, in 1995.
That places Ecuador 33rd out of 76 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,820 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 770.9 kg/ha | -57.6% |
| 1992 | 722.8 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 867.9 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1994 | 1,682 kg/ha | +93.8% |
| 1995 | 446.2 kg/ha | -73.5% |
| 1996 | 1,480 kg/ha | +231.6% |
| 1997 | 1,467 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 1,417 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 1,500 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 1,417 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 1,562 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2002 | 1,546 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 1,529 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 1,514 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 1,500 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 1,529 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 1,500 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,700 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 1,656 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 1,676 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1,818 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 1,818 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,770 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 1,788 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,795 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,784 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,789 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,788 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,789 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,789 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,788 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,789 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,789 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,667 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,789 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — 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 | +231.6% | 446.2 kg/ha | 1,480 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +93.8% | 867.9 kg/ha | 1,682 kg/ha |
| 1995 | -73.5% | 1,682 kg/ha | 446.2 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -57.6% | 1,820 kg/ha | 770.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,217 kg/ha | 446.2 kg/ha | 1,820 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,530 kg/ha | 1,417 kg/ha | 1,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,768 kg/ha | 1,656 kg/ha | 1,818 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,789 kg/ha | 1,788 kg/ha | 1,789 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 30 France 1,963 kg/ha compare
- 31 Morocco 1,934 kg/ha compare
- 32 Czechoslovakia 1,855 kg/ha
- 34 Serbia and Montenegro 1,773 kg/ha compare
- 35 Bulgaria 1,770 kg/ha compare
- 36 Russian Federation 1,746 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 sunflower seed — yield in Ecuador?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Ecuador was 1,789 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,820 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 446.2 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Ecuador rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 33rd out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.