Agricultural land use, per capita in Ecuador
Ecuador: Agricultural land use, per capita was 0.2976 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land use, per capita in Ecuador, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in hectares per person.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 0.2976 hectares per person for agricultural land use, per capita in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land use, per capita in Ecuador peaked at 0.9974 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.2976 hectares per person, in 2023.
Ecuador ranks 119th of 209 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Agricultural land use, per capita in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | hectares per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.9974 hectares per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.9693 hectares per person | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 0.9437 hectares per person | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 0.9165 hectares per person | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 0.8918 hectares per person | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 0.8657 hectares per person | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 0.8421 hectares per person | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 0.8164 hectares per person | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 0.8025 hectares per person | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 0.7887 hectares per person | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 0.7752 hectares per person | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 0.762 hectares per person | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 0.749 hectares per person | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 0.747 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.7565 hectares per person | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 0.7588 hectares per person | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.7752 hectares per person | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 0.7762 hectares per person | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.7787 hectares per person | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.7933 hectares per person | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.8059 hectares per person | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 0.8082 hectares per person | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 0.8026 hectares per person | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 0.7995 hectares per person | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.7969 hectares per person | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.7941 hectares per person | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.7895 hectares per person | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7718 hectares per person | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.757 hectares per person | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 0.7491 hectares per person | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.7395 hectares per person | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 0.7276 hectares per person | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 0.715 hectares per person | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 0.7148 hectares per person | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.6995 hectares per person | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.6762 hectares per person | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 0.6659 hectares per person | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 0.6552 hectares per person | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 0.6475 hectares per person | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.6357 hectares per person | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 0.603 hectares per person | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 0.5701 hectares per person | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 0.5422 hectares per person | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5531 hectares per person | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5417 hectares per person | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5285 hectares per person | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.5173 hectares per person | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.5108 hectares per person | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.5082 hectares per person | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.4973 hectares per person | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4793 hectares per person | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 0.4821 hectares per person | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.4753 hectares per person | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3414 hectares per person | -28.2% |
| 2015 | 0.3559 hectares per person | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 0.3342 hectares per person | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3335 hectares per person | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.3195 hectares per person | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 0.3074 hectares per person | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3089 hectares per person | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.3093 hectares per person | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.3 hectares per person | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2976 hectares per person | -0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agricultural land use, per capita in Ecuador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -28.2% | 0.4753 hectares per person | 0.3414 hectares per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8939 hectares per person | 0.8025 hectares per person | 0.9974 hectares per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7667 hectares per person | 0.747 hectares per person | 0.7887 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7919 hectares per person | 0.757 hectares per person | 0.8082 hectares per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.699 hectares per person | 0.6475 hectares per person | 0.7491 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.551 hectares per person | 0.5082 hectares per person | 0.6357 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3926 hectares per person | 0.3074 hectares per person | 0.4973 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.304 hectares per person | 0.2976 hectares per person | 0.3093 hectares per person | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land use, per capita in Ecuador?
- Agricultural land use, per capita in Ecuador was 0.2976 hectares per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest agricultural land use, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9974 hectares per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest agricultural land use, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2976 hectares per person in 2023.
- How does Ecuador rank for agricultural land use, per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 119th out of 209 countries with data for 2023.
- Is agricultural land use, per capita rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Agricultural land use, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Agricultural land use divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Agricultural land use ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Agricultural land use Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Agricultural land use divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.