Brazil vs Ecuador: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Ecuador
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 221,828 ha against 157,204 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 64,624 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.4 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Brazil ranks 11th and Ecuador ranks 13th of 41 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Ecuador in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,756 ha | 35,222 ha | 31,467 ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 4,140 ha | 22,656 ha | 18,516 ha | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 13,150 ha | 37,043 ha | 23,893 ha | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 69,842 ha | 79,577 ha | 9,735 ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 91,185 ha | 133,306 ha | 42,121 ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 129,362 ha | 232,492 ha | 103,130 ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 204,508 ha | 155,452 ha | 49,056 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Brazil or Ecuador?
- Brazil, at 221,828 ha against 157,204 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Brazil and Ecuador?
- 64,624 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Ecuador?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Ecuador rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 11th and Ecuador ranks 13th of 41 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oil palm fruit — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.