Apples — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Apples — Area harvested was 1,357 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Ecuador is 1,357 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 5,610 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 610 ha, in 1965.
That places Ecuador 74th out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 828 ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 851 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 873 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 610 ha | -30.1% |
| 1966 | 704 ha | +15.4% |
| 1967 | 775 ha | +10.1% |
| 1968 | 905 ha | +16.8% |
| 1969 | 898 ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 909 ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 1,910 ha | +110.1% |
| 1972 | 2,386 ha | +24.9% |
| 1973 | 2,645 ha | +10.9% |
| 1974 | 2,733 ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 2,926 ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 2,865 ha | -2.1% |
| 1977 | 3,275 ha | +14.3% |
| 1978 | 3,128 ha | -4.5% |
| 1979 | 3,153 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 3,201 ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 3,204 ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 3,230 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 3,122 ha | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 2,848 ha | -8.8% |
| 1985 | 2,828 ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 2,886 ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 2,989 ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 3,740 ha | +25.1% |
| 1989 | 3,250 ha | -13.1% |
| 1990 | 3,190 ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 3,480 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 3,670 ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 4,520 ha | +23.2% |
| 1994 | 5,250 ha | +16.2% |
| 1995 | 4,820 ha | -8.2% |
| 1996 | 5,610 ha | +16.4% |
| 1997 | 4,485 ha | -20.1% |
| 1998 | 4,749 ha | +5.9% |
| 1999 | 2,172 ha | -54.3% |
| 2000 | 4,747 ha | +118.6% |
| 2001 | 4,780 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 3,971 ha | -16.9% |
| 2003 | 3,709 ha | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 1,679 ha | -54.7% |
| 2005 | 2,989 ha | +78.0% |
| 2006 | 3,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 1,200 ha | -61.3% |
| 2009 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 1,832 ha | +22.1% |
| 2011 | 1,778 ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 1,657 ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 1,548 ha | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 1,395 ha | -9.9% |
| 2015 | 1,294 ha | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 1,413 ha | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 1,341 ha | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 1,349 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1,368 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 1,353 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 1,357 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,359 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,356 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,357 ha | +0.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,357 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,049 ha, 9% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,357 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,827 ha, 74% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +118.6% | 2,172 ha | 4,747 ha |
| 1971 | +110.1% | 909 ha | 1,910 ha |
| 2005 | +78.0% | 1,679 ha | 2,989 ha |
| 2008 | -61.3% | 3,100 ha | 1,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 804.89 ha | 610 ha | 905 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,593 ha | 909 ha | 3,275 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,130 ha | 2,828 ha | 3,740 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,195 ha | 2,172 ha | 5,610 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,068 ha | 1,200 ha | 4,780 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,498 ha | 1,294 ha | 1,832 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,356 ha | 1,353 ha | 1,359 ha | 5 |
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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 apples — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Apples — area harvested in Ecuador was 1,357 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 5,610 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 610 ha in 1965.
- How does Ecuador rank for apples — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 74th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.