Vegetables Primary — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 7,523 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in Ecuador is 7,523 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.2% on the previous year and up 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Ecuador peaked at 18,257 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 3,073 kg/ha, in 2003.
Ecuador ranks 152nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,186 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,667 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1963 | 13,217 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1964 | 15,746 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1965 | 16,054 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 17,474 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1967 | 18,257 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 14,135 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1969 | 13,380 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1970 | 12,088 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1971 | 13,171 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1972 | 10,699 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1973 | 9,223 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1974 | 9,320 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 8,500 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1976 | 8,813 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 7,966 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1978 | 7,048 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1979 | 6,523 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 6,817 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 6,691 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 6,215 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 6,045 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 6,350 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 6,443 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 5,085 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1987 | 5,314 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 7,253 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 1989 | 5,373 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1990 | 4,696 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1991 | 4,920 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1992 | 4,570 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 4,436 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 4,418 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 4,276 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 4,365 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 4,300 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 4,706 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1999 | 4,527 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 4,121 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 3,978 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 4,364 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 3,073 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 2004 | 4,152 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 2005 | 4,122 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 4,794 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2007 | 4,788 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 5,026 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 4,114 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2010 | 4,614 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 3,537 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2012 | 4,110 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2013 | 4,369 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 5,751 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2015 | 5,562 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 5,350 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 6,063 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2018 | 7,141 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2019 | 7,348 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 7,639 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 6,919 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 7,076 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 8,024 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2024 | 7,523 kg/ha | -6.2% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 7,523 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,535 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 7,523 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,009 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,124 kg/ha | 12,186 kg/ha | 18,257 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,335 kg/ha | 6,523 kg/ha | 13,171 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,159 kg/ha | 5,085 kg/ha | 7,253 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,521 kg/ha | 4,276 kg/ha | 4,920 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,253 kg/ha | 3,073 kg/ha | 5,026 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,385 kg/ha | 3,537 kg/ha | 7,348 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,436 kg/ha | 6,919 kg/ha | 8,024 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 vegetables primary — yield in Ecuador?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Ecuador was 7,523 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 18,257 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,073 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Ecuador rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 152nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables Primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.