Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador
Ecuador: Bananas — Area harvested, per capita was 0.01 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador stood at 0.01 ha per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador peaked at 0.0396 ha per person in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.0067 ha per person, in 1984.
That places Ecuador 8th out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0241 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0228 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0244 ha per person | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0328 ha per person | +34.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0396 ha per person | +20.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0342 ha per person | -13.7% |
| 1967 | 0.036 ha per person | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0336 ha per person | -6.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0318 ha per person | -5.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0314 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0286 ha per person | -9.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0262 ha per person | -8.4% |
| 1973 | 0.0241 ha per person | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0219 ha per person | -8.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0154 ha per person | -29.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0147 ha per person | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0134 ha per person | -8.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0099 ha per person | -25.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0085 ha per person | -14.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0086 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0076 ha per person | -11.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0075 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0067 ha per person | -11.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0067 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.007 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0117 ha per person | +67.3% |
| 1987 | 0.0122 ha per person | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0127 ha per person | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0128 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0137 ha per person | +7.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0123 ha per person | -9.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0169 ha per person | +37.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0183 ha per person | +7.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0195 ha per person | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0197 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 0.02 ha per person | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0206 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0169 ha per person | -18.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0155 ha per person | -8.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0199 ha per person | +28.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0177 ha per person | -10.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0175 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0175 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0166 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 0.016 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0149 ha per person | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0138 ha per person | -7.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0148 ha per person | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0146 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0143 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0125 ha per person | -12.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0135 ha per person | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0119 ha per person | -11.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0114 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0114 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0109 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0094 ha per person | -13.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0095 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0106 ha per person | +11.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0092 ha per person | -13.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0096 ha per person | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0098 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0102 ha per person | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 0.01 ha per person | -2.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.01 ha per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0011 ha per person, 8.8× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.01 ha per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0015 ha per person, 6.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +67.3% | 0.007 ha per person | 0.0117 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.031 ha per person | 0.0228 ha per person | 0.0396 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0194 ha per person | 0.0085 ha per person | 0.0314 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0094 ha per person | 0.0067 ha per person | 0.0128 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0173 ha per person | 0.0123 ha per person | 0.0206 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0163 ha per person | 0.0138 ha per person | 0.0199 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0115 ha per person | 0.0094 ha per person | 0.0143 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0097 ha per person | 0.0092 ha per person | 0.0102 ha per person | 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 bananas — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador?
- Bananas — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador was 0.01 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0396 ha per person in 1965.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0067 ha per person in 1984.
- How does Ecuador rank for bananas — area harvested, per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 8th out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. 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 Bananas — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Bananas — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Bananas — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.