Apricots — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Apricots — Area harvested was 72 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apricots — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 72 ha for apricots — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 109 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 60 ha, in 1998.
Ecuador ranks 66th of 80 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Apricots — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 63 ha | — |
| 1986 | 63 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 63 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 63 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 63 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 68 ha | +7.9% |
| 1991 | 65 ha | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 66 ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 67 ha | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 68 ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 96 ha | +41.2% |
| 1996 | 109 ha | +13.5% |
| 1997 | 65 ha | -40.4% |
| 1998 | 60 ha | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 69 ha | +15.0% |
| 2000 | 70 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 65 ha | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 68 ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 70 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 75 ha | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 78 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 80 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 90 ha | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 88 ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 85 ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 81 ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 80 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 78 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 74 ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 71 ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 73 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 71 ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 71 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 71 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 70 ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 72 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 71 ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 71 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 72 ha | +1.4% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 72 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,188 ha, 2% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 72 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 201 ha, 36% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +41.2% | 68 ha | 96 ha |
| 1997 | -40.4% | 109 ha | 65 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 63 ha | 63 ha | 63 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 73.3 ha | 60 ha | 109 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.9 ha | 65 ha | 90 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 75 ha | 71 ha | 81 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.2 ha | 70 ha | 72 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
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 apricots — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Apricots — area harvested in Ecuador was 72 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 109 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 ha in 1998.
- How does Ecuador rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 66th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — 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 rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — 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.