Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 9,963 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 9,963 ha for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 45.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 11,431 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 48 ha, in 1991.
Ecuador ranks 15th of 97 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 890 ha | — |
| 1962 | 900 ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 862 ha | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 833 ha | -3.4% |
| 1965 | 591 ha | -29.1% |
| 1966 | 600 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 458 ha | -23.7% |
| 1968 | 360 ha | -21.4% |
| 1969 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 350 ha | -5.4% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | -14.3% |
| 1972 | 280 ha | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 250 ha | -10.7% |
| 1974 | 220 ha | -12.0% |
| 1975 | 200 ha | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 150 ha | -25.0% |
| 1977 | 100 ha | -33.3% |
| 1978 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 97 ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 127 ha | +30.9% |
| 1981 | 160 ha | +26.0% |
| 1982 | 176 ha | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 192 ha | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 363 ha | +89.1% |
| 1985 | 269 ha | -25.9% |
| 1986 | 360 ha | +33.8% |
| 1987 | 393 ha | +9.2% |
| 1988 | 80 ha | -79.6% |
| 1989 | 150 ha | +87.5% |
| 1990 | 90 ha | -40.0% |
| 1991 | 48 ha | -46.7% |
| 1992 | 60 ha | +25.0% |
| 1993 | 110 ha | +83.3% |
| 1994 | 190 ha | +72.7% |
| 1995 | 220 ha | +15.8% |
| 1996 | 241 ha | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 357 ha | +48.1% |
| 1998 | 295 ha | -17.4% |
| 1999 | 234 ha | -20.7% |
| 2000 | 414 ha | +76.9% |
| 2001 | 369 ha | -10.9% |
| 2002 | 755 ha | +104.6% |
| 2003 | 769 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 5,176 ha | +573.1% |
| 2005 | 4,872 ha | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 4,825 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 5,223 ha | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 6,020 ha | +15.3% |
| 2009 | 6,035 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 6,245 ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 6,571 ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 7,069 ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 7,344 ha | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 6,868 ha | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 7,606 ha | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 5,519 ha | -27.4% |
| 2017 | 7,193 ha | +30.3% |
| 2018 | 11,431 ha | +58.9% |
| 2019 | 9,919 ha | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 10,094 ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 7,063 ha | -30.0% |
| 2022 | 8,725 ha | +23.5% |
| 2023 | 9,850 ha | +12.9% |
| 2024 | 9,963 ha | +1.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 9,963 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 994.5 ha, 10.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 9,963 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 845 ha, 11.8× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +573.1% | 769 ha | 5,176 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 651.56 ha | 360 ha | 900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 204.7 ha | 97 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 227 ha | 80 ha | 393 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 184.5 ha | 48 ha | 357 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,446 ha | 369 ha | 6,035 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,576 ha | 5,519 ha | 11,431 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,139 ha | 7,063 ha | 10,094 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 cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Ecuador was 9,963 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 11,431 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 48 ha in 1991.
- How does Ecuador rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 15th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.1%. 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 Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.