Ecuador vs Mexico: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested over time
- Ecuador
- Mexico
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 157,204 ha against 102,610 ha in Mexico, a difference of 54,594 ha.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.5 times Mexico's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Ecuador has been ahead every year.
Ecuador ranks 13th and Mexico ranks 14th of 41 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,222 ha | 20,095 ha | 15,127 ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 22,656 ha | 9,795 ha | 12,860 ha | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 37,043 ha | 1,562 ha | 35,480 ha | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 79,577 ha | 2,825 ha | 76,752 ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 133,306 ha | 18,476 ha | 114,829 ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 232,492 ha | 53,310 ha | 179,182 ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 155,452 ha | 106,510 ha | 48,942 ha | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oil palm fruit — area harvested, Ecuador or Mexico?
- Ecuador, at 157,204 ha against 102,610 ha in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oil palm fruit — area harvested between Ecuador and Mexico?
- 54,594 ha, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Mexico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Mexico rank globally for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 13th and Mexico ranks 14th 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.