Bananas — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Bananas — Area harvested was 181,088 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 181,088 ha for bananas — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 252,571 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 59,306 ha, in 1983.
Ecuador ranks 9th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 114,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 111,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 122,000 ha | +9.9% |
| 1964 | 169,000 ha | +38.5% |
| 1965 | 210,000 ha | +24.3% |
| 1966 | 186,688 ha | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 202,716 ha | +8.6% |
| 1968 | 195,095 ha | -3.8% |
| 1969 | 190,170 ha | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 193,560 ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 181,050 ha | -6.5% |
| 1972 | 170,740 ha | -5.7% |
| 1973 | 161,907 ha | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 151,779 ha | -6.3% |
| 1975 | 109,860 ha | -27.6% |
| 1976 | 107,300 ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 100,540 ha | -6.3% |
| 1978 | 76,864 ha | -23.5% |
| 1979 | 67,547 ha | -12.1% |
| 1980 | 70,494 ha | +4.4% |
| 1981 | 63,999 ha | -9.2% |
| 1982 | 65,009 ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 59,306 ha | -8.8% |
| 1984 | 60,646 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 65,188 ha | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 111,827 ha | +71.5% |
| 1987 | 119,500 ha | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 127,230 ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 130,650 ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 143,230 ha | +9.6% |
| 1991 | 132,130 ha | -7.7% |
| 1992 | 184,920 ha | +40.0% |
| 1993 | 203,590 ha | +10.1% |
| 1994 | 221,270 ha | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 227,910 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 236,090 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 248,350 ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 206,931 ha | -16.7% |
| 1999 | 193,601 ha | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 252,571 ha | +30.5% |
| 2001 | 228,985 ha | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 229,622 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 233,813 ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 226,520 ha | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 221,085 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 209,350 ha | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 197,410 ha | -5.7% |
| 2008 | 215,521 ha | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 216,115 ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 215,647 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 191,973 ha | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 210,894 ha | +9.9% |
| 2013 | 188,658 ha | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 182,158 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 185,489 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 180,337 ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 158,057 ha | -12.4% |
| 2018 | 161,583 ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 183,347 ha | +13.5% |
| 2020 | 160,630 ha | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 169,327 ha | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 174,771 ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 183,400 ha | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 181,088 ha | -1.3% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 181,088 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 27.5× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 181,088 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,955 ha, 26.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +71.5% | 65,188 ha | 111,827 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166,741 ha | 111,000 ha | 210,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 132,115 ha | 67,547 ha | 193,560 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 87,385 ha | 59,306 ha | 130,650 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 199,802 ha | 132,130 ha | 248,350 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 223,099 ha | 197,410 ha | 252,571 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 185,814 ha | 158,057 ha | 215,647 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 173,843 ha | 160,630 ha | 183,400 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 215,911 ha compare
- 6 Rwanda 202,488 ha compare
- 7 Angola 190,740 ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 144,600 ha compare
- 8 Philippines 186,270 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 79,382 ha compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 35,277 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 27,560 ha compare
- 10 Peru 175,712 ha compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 20,061 ha compare
- 11 Burundi 165,189 ha compare
- 12 Indonesia 152,656 ha compare
- 12 Türkiye 12,918 ha compare
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 in Ecuador?
- Bananas — area harvested in Ecuador was 181,088 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 252,571 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,306 ha in 1983.
- How does Ecuador rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 9th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. 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 Bananas — 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.