Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 6,838 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Ecuador stood at 6,838 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 6,994 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 424 ha, in 1971.
Ecuador ranks 40th of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 690 ha | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 910 ha | +31.9% |
| 1964 | 872 ha | -4.2% |
| 1965 | 718 ha | -17.7% |
| 1966 | 815 ha | +13.5% |
| 1967 | 1,033 ha | +26.7% |
| 1968 | 879 ha | -14.9% |
| 1969 | 472 ha | -46.3% |
| 1970 | 455 ha | -3.6% |
| 1971 | 424 ha | -6.8% |
| 1972 | 458 ha | +8.0% |
| 1973 | 552 ha | +20.5% |
| 1974 | 753 ha | +36.4% |
| 1975 | 2,075 ha | +175.6% |
| 1976 | 2,150 ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 1,710 ha | -20.5% |
| 1978 | 1,553 ha | -9.2% |
| 1979 | 1,148 ha | -26.1% |
| 1980 | 1,209 ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 1,295 ha | +7.1% |
| 1982 | 1,374 ha | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 1,393 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 942 ha | -32.4% |
| 1985 | 992 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 2,031 ha | +104.7% |
| 1987 | 1,300 ha | -36.0% |
| 1988 | 2,350 ha | +80.8% |
| 1989 | 2,010 ha | -14.5% |
| 1990 | 770 ha | -61.7% |
| 1991 | 1,580 ha | +105.2% |
| 1992 | 3,010 ha | +90.5% |
| 1993 | 2,800 ha | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 2,930 ha | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 3,910 ha | +33.4% |
| 1996 | 3,675 ha | -6.0% |
| 1997 | 4,261 ha | +15.9% |
| 1998 | 3,672 ha | -13.8% |
| 1999 | 3,414 ha | -7.0% |
| 2000 | 2,855 ha | -16.4% |
| 2001 | 3,264 ha | +14.3% |
| 2002 | 3,090 ha | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 3,673 ha | +18.9% |
| 2004 | 4,075 ha | +10.9% |
| 2005 | 4,185 ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 4,200 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 4,800 ha | +14.3% |
| 2008 | 5,800 ha | +20.8% |
| 2009 | 6,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 6,103 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 5,944 ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 6,069 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 6,274 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 6,455 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 6,447 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 6,621 ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 6,813 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 6,627 ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 6,994 ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 6,811 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 6,811 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 6,872 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 6,831 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 6,838 ha | +0.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 6,838 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,825 ha, 2.4× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 6,838 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 798 ha, 8.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +175.6% | 753 ha | 2,075 ha |
| 1991 | +105.2% | 770 ha | 1,580 ha |
| 1986 | +104.7% | 992 ha | 2,031 ha |
| 1992 | +90.5% | 1,580 ha | 3,010 ha |
| 1988 | +80.8% | 1,300 ha | 2,350 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 787.67 ha | 472 ha | 1,033 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,128 ha | 424 ha | 2,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,490 ha | 942 ha | 2,350 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,002 ha | 770 ha | 4,261 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,194 ha | 2,855 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,435 ha | 5,944 ha | 6,994 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,833 ha | 6,811 ha | 6,872 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 37 Kyrgyzstan 7,570 ha compare
- 38 Spain 7,500 ha compare
- 39 Romania 6,880 ha compare
- 41 Australia and New Zealand 6,727 ha compare
- 42 Ethiopia 6,683 ha compare
- 43 Czechoslovakia 6,409 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Ecuador was 6,838 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 6,994 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 424 ha in 1971.
- How does Ecuador rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 40th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. 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 Carrots and turnips — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.