Ecuador vs Nicaragua: Oil palm fruit yields
Ecuador
16.87 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Nicaragua
15.36 tonnes per hectare
in 2023
Ecuador rank
6th
Nicaragua rank
8th
Oil palm fruit yields over time
- Ecuador
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 16.87 tonnes per hectare against 15.36 tonnes per hectare in Nicaragua, a difference of 1.51 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Ecuador ranks 6th and Nicaragua ranks 8th of 44 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 2 and Nicaragua in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.03 tonnes per hectare | 8.57 tonnes per hectare | 2.54 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 6.73 tonnes per hectare | 8.57 tonnes per hectare | 1.84 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 12.96 tonnes per hectare | 8.57 tonnes per hectare | 4.38 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 12.6 tonnes per hectare | 18.92 tonnes per hectare | 6.31 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 11.38 tonnes per hectare | 23.81 tonnes per hectare | 12.43 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 12.43 tonnes per hectare | 15.44 tonnes per hectare | 3.01 tonnes per hectare | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 14.99 tonnes per hectare | 14.71 tonnes per hectare | 0.2827 tonnes per hectare | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit yields, Ecuador or Nicaragua?
- Ecuador, at 16.87 tonnes per hectare against 15.36 tonnes per hectare in Nicaragua as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit yields between Ecuador and Nicaragua?
- 1.51 tonnes per hectare, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Nicaragua?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2023.
- How do Ecuador and Nicaragua rank globally for oil palm fruit yields?
- Ecuador ranks 6th and Nicaragua ranks 8th of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Oil palm fruit yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.