Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 541,588 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 541,588 ha for cocoa beans — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 543,547 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 163,000 ha, in 1964.
Ecuador ranks 6th of 53 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 220,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 220,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 225,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 163,000 ha | -27.6% |
| 1965 | 240,000 ha | +47.2% |
| 1966 | 180,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1967 | 200,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 210,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 228,355 ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 228,262 ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 219,077 ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 217,916 ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 213,106 ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 221,726 ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 229,544 ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 229,500 ha | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 238,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 287,190 ha | +20.7% |
| 1979 | 269,994 ha | -6.0% |
| 1980 | 269,878 ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 270,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 277,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 270,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 265,051 ha | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 286,777 ha | +8.2% |
| 1986 | 326,405 ha | +13.8% |
| 1987 | 310,800 ha | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 325,730 ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 327,980 ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 328,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 309,520 ha | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 327,060 ha | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 320,250 ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 325,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 349,370 ha | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 339,470 ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 341,320 ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 300,119 ha | -12.1% |
| 1999 | 301,160 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 402,836 ha | +33.8% |
| 2001 | 429,547 ha | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 363,575 ha | -15.4% |
| 2003 | 348,434 ha | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 336,358 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 357,707 ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 350,027 ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 356,658 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 376,604 ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 398,104 ha | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 360,025 ha | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 399,467 ha | +11.0% |
| 2012 | 390,176 ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 402,434 ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 372,637 ha | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 432,094 ha | +16.0% |
| 2016 | 454,257 ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 467,327 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 501,950 ha | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 525,435 ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 527,347 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 543,547 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 509,179 ha | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 516,634 ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 541,588 ha | +4.8% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 541,588 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,284 ha, 164.9× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 541,588 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,533 ha, 119.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +47.2% | 163,000 ha | 240,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 209,595 ha | 163,000 ha | 240,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 235,432 ha | 213,106 ha | 287,190 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 292,962 ha | 265,051 ha | 327,980 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 324,217 ha | 300,119 ha | 349,370 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 371,985 ha | 336,358 ha | 429,547 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 430,580 ha | 360,025 ha | 525,435 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 527,659 ha | 509,179 ha | 543,547 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 3 Ghana 919,824 ha compare
- 4 Cameroon 642,244 ha compare
- 5 Brazil 617,168 ha compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 3.81 million ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 127,342 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 84,675 ha compare
- 7 Sierra Leone 198,714 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 77,391 ha compare
- 8 Colombia 197,709 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 20,907 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10,397 ha compare
- 9 Peru 189,602 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 cocoa beans — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Ecuador was 541,588 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 543,547 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 163,000 ha in 1964.
- How does Ecuador rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 6th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.3%. 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 Cocoa beans — 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.