Eastern Asia vs Ecuador: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested

Eastern Asia
50,672 ha
in 2024
Ecuador
157,204 ha
in 2024
Eastern Asia rank
12th
Ecuador rank
13th

Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time

  • Eastern Asia
  • Ecuador
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How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 157,204 ha against 50,672 ha in Eastern Asia, a difference of 106,532 ha.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 3.1 times Eastern Asia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Eastern Asia ahead.

Eastern Asia ranks 12th and Ecuador ranks 13th of 15 groups.

Across the 5 decades both report, Eastern Asia averaged higher in 1 and Ecuador in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Asia Ecuador Difference Ahead
1980s 51,200 ha 46,845 ha 4,355 ha Eastern Asia
1990s 41,800 ha 79,577 ha 37,777 ha Ecuador
2000s 47,100 ha 133,306 ha 86,206 ha Ecuador
2010s 49,322 ha 232,492 ha 183,170 ha Ecuador
2020s 50,523 ha 155,452 ha 104,929 ha Ecuador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Eastern Asia or Ecuador?
Ecuador, at 157,204 ha against 50,672 ha in Eastern Asia as of 2024.
What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Eastern Asia and Ecuador?
106,532 ha, with Ecuador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Ecuador?
40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Eastern Asia and Ecuador rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
Eastern Asia ranks 12th and Ecuador ranks 13th of 15 groups.
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

Indicator
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
64 places, 3,870 data points, 1961–2024
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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.