Wheat — Production in Ecuador
Ecuador: Wheat — Production was 7,323 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Production in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — production in Ecuador is 7,323 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 84.2% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Ecuador peaked at 94,099 t in 1969 and was at its lowest, 2,053 t, in 2015.
Ecuador ranks 108th of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69,428 t | 47,200 t | 94,099 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 52,991 t | 28,904 t | 81,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,584 t | 18,464 t | 41,431 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,462 t | 17,059 t | 29,907 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,141 t | 7,577 t | 13,631 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,864 t | 2,053 t | 7,605 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,855 t | 3,976 t | 14,647 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 105 Oman 11,740 t compare
- 106 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,000 t compare
- 107 Burundi 8,365 t compare
- 109 Niger 6,803 t compare
- 110 China, Taiwan Province of 5,000 t compare
- 110 Mozambique 5,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture share gdp 9.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 36.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 6.70 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 7.59 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in Ecuador?
- Wheat — production in Ecuador was 7,323 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 94,099 t in 1969.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,053 t in 2015.
- How does Ecuador rank for wheat — production?
- Ecuador ranks 108th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. 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 Wheat — Production. 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.