Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 696,223 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 696,223 ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 1.04 million ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 330,304 ha, in 1978.
Ecuador ranks 87th of 178 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 504,534 ha | — |
| 1962 | 567,973 ha | +12.6% |
| 1963 | 598,034 ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 650,732 ha | +8.8% |
| 1965 | 640,901 ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 591,684 ha | -7.7% |
| 1967 | 706,492 ha | +19.4% |
| 1968 | 587,030 ha | -16.9% |
| 1969 | 614,933 ha | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 595,413 ha | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 612,063 ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 626,234 ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 494,759 ha | -21.0% |
| 1974 | 495,507 ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 542,225 ha | +9.4% |
| 1976 | 564,825 ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 461,054 ha | -18.4% |
| 1978 | 330,304 ha | -28.4% |
| 1979 | 396,097 ha | +19.9% |
| 1980 | 414,747 ha | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 444,800 ha | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 418,234 ha | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 358,299 ha | -14.3% |
| 1984 | 442,254 ha | +23.4% |
| 1985 | 431,368 ha | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 817,236 ha | +89.5% |
| 1987 | 853,392 ha | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 845,168 ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 819,720 ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 802,193 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 663,880 ha | -17.2% |
| 1992 | 918,400 ha | +38.3% |
| 1993 | 970,500 ha | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 991,680 ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 958,070 ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 1.02 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 1.04 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 759,668 ha | -27.2% |
| 1999 | 869,797 ha | +14.5% |
| 2000 | 817,509 ha | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 865,736 ha | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 845,030 ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 785,161 ha | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 892,221 ha | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 810,795 ha | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 805,174 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 867,353 ha | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 767,151 ha | -11.6% |
| 2009 | 822,099 ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 879,497 ha | +7.0% |
| 2011 | 954,785 ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 899,018 ha | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 939,988 ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 875,088 ha | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 824,670 ha | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 705,783 ha | -14.4% |
| 2017 | 742,875 ha | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 687,800 ha | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 604,609 ha | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 687,078 ha | +13.6% |
| 2021 | 734,202 ha | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 722,849 ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 684,385 ha | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 696,223 ha | +1.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 696,223 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 354,364 ha, 2.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 696,223 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 170,633 ha, 4.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals, primary — 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 | +89.5% | 431,368 ha | 817,236 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 606,924 ha | 504,534 ha | 706,492 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 511,848 ha | 330,304 ha | 626,234 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 584,522 ha | 358,299 ha | 853,392 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 899,368 ha | 663,880 ha | 1.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 827,823 ha | 767,151 ha | 892,221 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 811,411 ha | 604,609 ha | 954,785 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 704,947 ha | 684,385 ha | 734,202 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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Ecuador was 696,223 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 330,304 ha in 1978.
- How does Ecuador rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 87th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.