Caribbean vs Ecuador: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Ecuador
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 13,689 ha against 12,358 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 1,331 ha.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Caribbean's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Ecuador has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 94th and Ecuador ranks 92nd of 167 groups.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,049 ha | 40,378 ha | 28,329 ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 15,156 ha | 39,457 ha | 24,302 ha | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 17,894 ha | 39,986 ha | 22,092 ha | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 18,858 ha | 58,441 ha | 39,583 ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 15,694 ha | 48,882 ha | 33,189 ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 12,305 ha | 33,332 ha | 21,027 ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 12,466 ha | 18,716 ha | 6,250 ha | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Caribbean or Ecuador?
- Ecuador, at 13,689 ha against 12,358 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Caribbean and Ecuador?
- 1,331 ha, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Ecuador?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Ecuador rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 94th and Ecuador ranks 92nd of 167 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Potatoes — 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.