Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 4,065 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Ecuador stood at 4,065 ha.
The figure is down 12.2% on the previous year and down 64.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 20,417 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,700 ha, in 1961.
That places Ecuador 15th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1968 | 2,600 ha | +13.0% |
| 1969 | 2,900 ha | +11.5% |
| 1970 | 3,300 ha | +13.8% |
| 1971 | 3,700 ha | +12.1% |
| 1972 | 4,200 ha | +13.5% |
| 1973 | 4,400 ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 4,755 ha | +8.1% |
| 1975 | 4,900 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 5,200 ha | +6.1% |
| 1977 | 5,400 ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 5,800 ha | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 5,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 6,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 6,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 6,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,094 ha | -35.0% |
| 1986 | 8,635 ha | +110.9% |
| 1987 | 11,100 ha | +28.5% |
| 1988 | 6,090 ha | -45.1% |
| 1989 | 4,290 ha | -29.6% |
| 1990 | 4,490 ha | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 4,420 ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 6,430 ha | +45.5% |
| 1993 | 6,190 ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 7,120 ha | +15.0% |
| 1995 | 8,220 ha | +15.4% |
| 1996 | 8,250 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 7,675 ha | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 6,405 ha | -16.5% |
| 1999 | 8,013 ha | +25.1% |
| 2000 | 9,960 ha | +24.3% |
| 2001 | 8,723 ha | -12.4% |
| 2002 | 9,323 ha | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 12,143 ha | +30.2% |
| 2004 | 14,126 ha | +16.3% |
| 2005 | 14,340 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 11,303 ha | -21.2% |
| 2007 | 11,937 ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 11,527 ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 18,600 ha | +61.4% |
| 2010 | 11,686 ha | -37.2% |
| 2011 | 20,417 ha | +74.7% |
| 2012 | 19,825 ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 11,701 ha | -41.0% |
| 2014 | 11,363 ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 8,018 ha | -29.4% |
| 2016 | 6,630 ha | -17.3% |
| 2017 | 5,604 ha | -15.5% |
| 2018 | 4,290 ha | -23.4% |
| 2019 | 7,029 ha | +63.8% |
| 2020 | 5,693 ha | -19.0% |
| 2021 | 6,475 ha | +13.7% |
| 2022 | 5,100 ha | -21.2% |
| 2023 | 4,631 ha | -9.2% |
| 2024 | 4,065 ha | -12.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,111 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,716 ha | 3,300 ha | 5,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,481 ha | 4,094 ha | 11,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,721 ha | 4,420 ha | 8,250 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,198 ha | 8,723 ha | 18,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,656 ha | 4,290 ha | 20,417 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,193 ha | 4,065 ha | 6,475 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as 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 broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Ecuador was 4,065 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 20,417 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Ecuador rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 15th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.2%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, green — 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.