Coffee, green — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 18,533 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coffee, green — area harvested in Ecuador is 18,533 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 17.2% on the previous year and down 47.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 426,969 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 18,533 ha, in 2024.
That places Ecuador 29th out of 75 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 158,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 158,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 164,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 166,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 217,755 ha | +31.2% |
| 1967 | 208,339 ha | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 191,230 ha | -8.2% |
| 1969 | 214,462 ha | +12.1% |
| 1970 | 214,830 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 214,880 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 221,329 ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 227,332 ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 231,809 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 230,665 ha | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 256,179 ha | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 260,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 270,061 ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 261,635 ha | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 288,000 ha | +10.1% |
| 1981 | 320,900 ha | +11.4% |
| 1982 | 321,877 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 338,971 ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 344,980 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 426,969 ha | +23.8% |
| 1986 | 420,514 ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 383,100 ha | -8.9% |
| 1988 | 381,130 ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 408,680 ha | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 406,880 ha | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 359,110 ha | -11.7% |
| 1992 | 400,460 ha | +11.5% |
| 1993 | 396,770 ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 399,880 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 384,010 ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 388,490 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 385,160 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 389,782 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 374,922 ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 286,746 ha | -23.5% |
| 2001 | 296,348 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 225,450 ha | -23.9% |
| 2003 | 215,978 ha | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 216,279 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 205,544 ha | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 180,676 ha | -12.1% |
| 2007 | 177,804 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 168,479 ha | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 171,923 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 144,931 ha | -15.7% |
| 2011 | 98,347 ha | -32.1% |
| 2012 | 78,710 ha | -20.0% |
| 2013 | 61,627 ha | -21.7% |
| 2014 | 35,483 ha | -42.4% |
| 2015 | 44,027 ha | +24.1% |
| 2016 | 29,872 ha | -32.2% |
| 2017 | 37,260 ha | +24.7% |
| 2018 | 31,924 ha | -14.3% |
| 2019 | 36,047 ha | +12.9% |
| 2020 | 26,909 ha | -25.4% |
| 2021 | 29,481 ha | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 29,901 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 22,373 ha | -25.2% |
| 2024 | 18,533 ha | -17.2% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 18,533 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,586 ha, 1.9× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 18,533 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,901 ha, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 180,865 ha | 150,000 ha | 217,755 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 238,872 ha | 214,830 ha | 270,061 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 363,512 ha | 288,000 ha | 426,969 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 388,546 ha | 359,110 ha | 406,880 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 214,523 ha | 168,479 ha | 296,348 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 59,823 ha | 29,872 ha | 144,931 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,439 ha | 18,533 ha | 29,901 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
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 coffee, green — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Ecuador was 18,533 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 426,969 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,533 ha in 2024.
- How does Ecuador rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 29th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.8%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.