Barley — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Barley — Area harvested was 6,637 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — area harvested in Ecuador is 6,637 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 12.1% on the previous year and down 57.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 164,793 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 5,920 ha, in 2023.
That places Ecuador 85th out of 105 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.
Barley — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 93,015 ha | — |
| 1962 | 150,865 ha | +62.2% |
| 1963 | 164,793 ha | +9.2% |
| 1964 | 163,759 ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 157,035 ha | -4.1% |
| 1966 | 143,215 ha | -8.8% |
| 1967 | 144,036 ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 135,031 ha | -6.3% |
| 1969 | 125,650 ha | -6.9% |
| 1970 | 133,920 ha | +6.6% |
| 1971 | 119,971 ha | -10.4% |
| 1972 | 118,957 ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 93,178 ha | -21.7% |
| 1974 | 60,844 ha | -34.7% |
| 1975 | 71,558 ha | +17.6% |
| 1976 | 71,600 ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 60,000 ha | -16.2% |
| 1978 | 32,000 ha | -46.7% |
| 1979 | 30,774 ha | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 26,244 ha | -14.7% |
| 1981 | 28,897 ha | +10.1% |
| 1982 | 33,921 ha | +17.4% |
| 1983 | 29,756 ha | -12.3% |
| 1984 | 30,702 ha | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 29,444 ha | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 64,236 ha | +118.2% |
| 1987 | 61,400 ha | -4.4% |
| 1988 | 61,090 ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 54,540 ha | -10.7% |
| 1990 | 53,110 ha | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 48,650 ha | -8.4% |
| 1992 | 61,930 ha | +27.3% |
| 1993 | 63,540 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 55,700 ha | -12.3% |
| 1995 | 48,680 ha | -12.6% |
| 1996 | 56,060 ha | +15.2% |
| 1997 | 55,890 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 43,007 ha | -23.1% |
| 1999 | 48,312 ha | +12.3% |
| 2000 | 44,772 ha | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 44,680 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 45,860 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 37,009 ha | -19.3% |
| 2004 | 34,286 ha | -7.4% |
| 2005 | 40,536 ha | +18.2% |
| 2006 | 37,379 ha | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 38,825 ha | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 32,790 ha | -15.5% |
| 2009 | 35,254 ha | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 26,374 ha | -25.2% |
| 2011 | 28,806 ha | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 20,017 ha | -30.5% |
| 2013 | 26,325 ha | +31.5% |
| 2014 | 15,688 ha | -40.4% |
| 2015 | 10,300 ha | -34.3% |
| 2016 | 17,320 ha | +68.2% |
| 2017 | 11,209 ha | -35.3% |
| 2018 | 9,479 ha | -15.4% |
| 2019 | 9,198 ha | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 11,155 ha | +21.3% |
| 2021 | 9,707 ha | -13.0% |
| 2022 | 7,636 ha | -21.3% |
| 2023 | 5,920 ha | -22.5% |
| 2024 | 6,637 ha | +12.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 6,637 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98,213 ha, 7% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 6,637 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 117,088 ha, 6% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — 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 | +118.2% | 29,444 ha | 64,236 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 141,933 ha | 93,015 ha | 164,793 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 79,280 ha | 30,774 ha | 133,920 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,023 ha | 26,244 ha | 64,236 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,488 ha | 43,007 ha | 63,540 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,139 ha | 32,790 ha | 45,860 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,472 ha | 9,198 ha | 28,806 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,211 ha | 5,920 ha | 11,155 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 barley — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Barley — area harvested in Ecuador was 6,637 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 164,793 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,920 ha in 2023.
- How does Ecuador rank for barley — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 85th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.7%. 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 Barley — 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.