Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 32,689 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 32,689 ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 59,503 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 9,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Ecuador 36th out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,675 ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 9,526 ha | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 10,341 ha | +8.6% |
| 1965 | 12,812 ha | +23.9% |
| 1966 | 14,056 ha | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 13,849 ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 15,546 ha | +12.3% |
| 1969 | 15,596 ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 16,027 ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 16,731 ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 17,302 ha | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 20,695 ha | +19.6% |
| 1974 | 22,764 ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 25,338 ha | +11.3% |
| 1976 | 29,546 ha | +16.6% |
| 1977 | 35,471 ha | +20.1% |
| 1978 | 32,419 ha | -8.6% |
| 1979 | 32,664 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 34,635 ha | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 34,997 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 34,950 ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 34,815 ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 31,398 ha | -9.8% |
| 1985 | 28,108 ha | -10.5% |
| 1986 | 20,728 ha | -26.3% |
| 1987 | 19,496 ha | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 20,213 ha | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 19,870 ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 19,910 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 22,102 ha | +11.0% |
| 1992 | 22,690 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 24,940 ha | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 21,580 ha | -13.5% |
| 1995 | 20,390 ha | -5.5% |
| 1996 | 21,907 ha | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 35,832 ha | +63.6% |
| 1998 | 21,270 ha | -40.6% |
| 1999 | 49,301 ha | +131.8% |
| 2000 | 59,503 ha | +20.7% |
| 2001 | 49,127 ha | -17.4% |
| 2002 | 39,309 ha | -20.0% |
| 2003 | 42,181 ha | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 39,891 ha | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 40,279 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 40,608 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 36,010 ha | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 39,083 ha | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 39,528 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 38,153 ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 37,825 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 36,397 ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 35,641 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 35,992 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 41,673 ha | +15.8% |
| 2016 | 32,626 ha | -21.7% |
| 2017 | 36,307 ha | +11.3% |
| 2018 | 35,317 ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 38,364 ha | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 35,025 ha | -8.7% |
| 2021 | 36,390 ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 37,132 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 34,114 ha | -8.1% |
| 2024 | 32,689 ha | -4.2% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 32,689 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,320 ha, 4.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 32,689 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 11,392 ha, 2.9× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citrus Fruit, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +131.8% | 21,270 ha | 49,301 ha |
| 1997 | +63.6% | 21,907 ha | 35,832 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,322 ha | 9,500 ha | 15,596 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,896 ha | 16,027 ha | 35,471 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,921 ha | 19,496 ha | 34,997 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,992 ha | 19,910 ha | 49,301 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,552 ha | 36,010 ha | 59,503 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,830 ha | 32,626 ha | 41,673 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,070 ha | 32,689 ha | 37,132 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Ecuador was 32,689 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 59,503 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Ecuador rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 36th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.