Wheat — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Wheat — Yield was 2,396 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 2,396 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 143.1% on the previous year and up 113.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Ecuador peaked at 2,396 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 569.6 kg/ha, in 1991.
Ecuador ranks 85th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 992.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 789.7 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1963 | 790.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 668.1 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1965 | 889.7 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 1966 | 965 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1967 | 986.9 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 1,044 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 938.8 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1970 | 1,063 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1971 | 901.7 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1972 | 903.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 971.7 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 977.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 920.5 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1976 | 850 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 973.1 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1978 | 1,075 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1979 | 1,029 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 969.3 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1981 | 1,114 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1982 | 1,166 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 1,045 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1984 | 1,028 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 1,019 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 803.1 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1987 | 796.1 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 867.1 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1989 | 666.5 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1990 | 796.7 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1991 | 569.6 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1992 | 591.1 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 671.1 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1994 | 616.2 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1995 | 695.1 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1996 | 617.6 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 597.6 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 648.4 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 700.1 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 620.8 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2001 | 610 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 569.6 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2003 | 798 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 2004 | 805.3 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 722 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2006 | 777.4 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 818.6 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 746.6 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 861.7 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 891.2 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 924.9 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 799.5 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2013 | 706.4 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2014 | 1,120 kg/ha | +58.6% |
| 2015 | 716.5 kg/ha | -36.0% |
| 2016 | 1,525 kg/ha | +112.8% |
| 2017 | 1,292 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2018 | 1,714 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 2019 | 1,645 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 2,187 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 2021 | 1,805 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 1,691 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 985.4 kg/ha | -41.7% |
| 2024 | 2,396 kg/ha | +143.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 2,396 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 2,396 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +143.1% | 985.4 kg/ha | 2,396 kg/ha |
| 2016 | +112.8% | 716.5 kg/ha | 1,525 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 896.1 kg/ha | 668.1 kg/ha | 1,044 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 966.48 kg/ha | 850 kg/ha | 1,075 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 947.37 kg/ha | 666.5 kg/ha | 1,166 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 650.35 kg/ha | 569.6 kg/ha | 796.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 733 kg/ha | 569.6 kg/ha | 861.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,134 kg/ha | 706.4 kg/ha | 1,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,813 kg/ha | 985.4 kg/ha | 2,396 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 82 Palestine 2,571 kg/ha compare
- 83 China, Taiwan Province of 2,500 kg/ha compare
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- 86 Qatar 2,369 kg/ha compare
- 87 Afghanistan 2,261 kg/ha compare
- 88 Jordan 2,204 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 wheat — yield in Ecuador?
- Wheat — yield in Ecuador was 2,396 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,396 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 569.6 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Ecuador rank for wheat — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 85th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 113.8%. 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 Wheat — 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.