Beans, dry — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 22,900 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, beans, dry — area harvested in Ecuador stood at 22,900 ha.
The figure is up 16.5% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 86,344 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 17,683 ha, in 2018.
Ecuador ranks 61st of 129 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 39,680 ha | — |
| 1962 | 44,000 ha | +10.9% |
| 1963 | 44,619 ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 56,532 ha | +26.7% |
| 1965 | 54,673 ha | -3.3% |
| 1966 | 81,662 ha | +49.4% |
| 1967 | 79,402 ha | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 86,344 ha | +8.7% |
| 1969 | 84,875 ha | -1.7% |
| 1970 | 81,635 ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 67,140 ha | -17.8% |
| 1972 | 62,139 ha | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 66,339 ha | +6.8% |
| 1974 | 66,181 ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 62,553 ha | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 67,924 ha | +8.6% |
| 1977 | 59,000 ha | -13.1% |
| 1978 | 39,118 ha | -33.7% |
| 1979 | 44,386 ha | +13.5% |
| 1980 | 48,156 ha | +8.5% |
| 1981 | 53,525 ha | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 50,976 ha | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 36,844 ha | -27.7% |
| 1984 | 44,312 ha | +20.3% |
| 1985 | 39,742 ha | -10.3% |
| 1986 | 42,210 ha | +6.2% |
| 1987 | 42,200 ha | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 43,468 ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 53,420 ha | +22.9% |
| 1990 | 48,750 ha | -8.7% |
| 1991 | 51,870 ha | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 51,770 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 53,370 ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 63,870 ha | +19.7% |
| 1995 | 57,630 ha | -9.8% |
| 1996 | 59,860 ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 61,520 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 55,955 ha | -9.0% |
| 1999 | 57,652 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 47,737 ha | -17.2% |
| 2001 | 53,533 ha | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 61,891 ha | +15.6% |
| 2003 | 59,391 ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 52,263 ha | -12.0% |
| 2005 | 62,796 ha | +20.2% |
| 2006 | 54,613 ha | -13.0% |
| 2007 | 49,070 ha | -10.1% |
| 2008 | 45,349 ha | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 45,193 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 47,359 ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 54,173 ha | +14.4% |
| 2012 | 35,109 ha | -35.2% |
| 2013 | 32,960 ha | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 26,600 ha | -19.3% |
| 2015 | 26,121 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 18,767 ha | -28.2% |
| 2017 | 30,130 ha | +60.5% |
| 2018 | 17,683 ha | -41.3% |
| 2019 | 24,006 ha | +35.8% |
| 2020 | 17,964 ha | -25.2% |
| 2021 | 29,539 ha | +64.4% |
| 2022 | 23,198 ha | -21.5% |
| 2023 | 19,653 ha | -15.3% |
| 2024 | 22,900 ha | +16.5% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 22,900 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 25,950 ha, 88% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 22,900 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 34,416 ha, 67% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63,532 ha | 39,680 ha | 86,344 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 61,642 ha | 39,118 ha | 81,635 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,485 ha | 36,844 ha | 53,525 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 56,225 ha | 48,750 ha | 63,870 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,184 ha | 45,193 ha | 62,796 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,291 ha | 17,683 ha | 54,173 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,651 ha | 17,964 ha | 29,539 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 beans, dry — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Ecuador was 22,900 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 86,344 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,683 ha in 2018.
- How does Ecuador rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 61st out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — 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.