Asparagus — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Asparagus — Area harvested was 654 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Asparagus — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 654 ha for asparagus — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 4.2% on the previous year and up 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 683 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 170 ha, in 1992.
That places Ecuador 22nd out of 50 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 220 ha | — |
| 1991 | 218 ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 170 ha | -22.0% |
| 1993 | 540 ha | +217.6% |
| 1994 | 310 ha | -42.6% |
| 1995 | 290 ha | -6.5% |
| 1996 | 235 ha | -19.0% |
| 1997 | 247 ha | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 240 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 257 ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 250 ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 280 ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 300 ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 312 ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 402 ha | +28.8% |
| 2006 | 410 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 415 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 420 ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 430 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 410 ha | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 425 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 447 ha | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 456 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 460 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 480 ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 482 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 489 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 496 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 537 ha | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 575 ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 609 ha | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 671 ha | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 683 ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 654 ha | -4.2% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 654 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,186 ha, 55% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 654 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,554 ha, 42% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Asparagus — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +217.6% | 170 ha | 540 ha |
| 1994 | -42.6% | 540 ha | 310 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 272.7 ha | 170 ha | 540 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 347.9 ha | 250 ha | 430 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 468.2 ha | 410 ha | 537 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 638.4 ha | 575 ha | 683 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 asparagus — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Ecuador was 654 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 683 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 170 ha in 1992.
- How does Ecuador rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 22nd out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.2%. 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 Asparagus — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.