Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ecuador
Ecuador: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 10,626 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ecuador stood at 10,626 ha.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ecuador peaked at 10,733 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 2003.
Ecuador ranks 12th of 74 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1967 | 2,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1968 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1974 | 3,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,725 ha | +24.2% |
| 1977 | 3,700 ha | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,019 ha | -18.4% |
| 1980 | 3,608 ha | +19.5% |
| 1981 | 2,953 ha | -18.2% |
| 1982 | 4,513 ha | +52.8% |
| 1983 | 5,352 ha | +18.6% |
| 1984 | 5,215 ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 2,746 ha | -47.3% |
| 1986 | 2,930 ha | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 3,492 ha | +19.2% |
| 1988 | 2,290 ha | -34.4% |
| 1989 | 2,440 ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 1,860 ha | -23.8% |
| 1991 | 1,990 ha | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 3,280 ha | +64.8% |
| 1993 | 2,650 ha | -19.2% |
| 1994 | 4,380 ha | +65.3% |
| 1995 | 4,400 ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 4,300 ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 2,000 ha | -53.5% |
| 1998 | 2,600 ha | +30.0% |
| 1999 | 2,650 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 2,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 2,650 ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 1,600 ha | -39.6% |
| 2003 | 1,300 ha | -18.8% |
| 2004 | 3,238 ha | +149.1% |
| 2005 | 4,302 ha | +32.9% |
| 2006 | 4,800 ha | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 6,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 6,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 6,800 ha | +9.7% |
| 2010 | 8,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 2011 | 9,000 ha | +12.5% |
| 2012 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 9,764 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 10,293 ha | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 9,852 ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 10,400 ha | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 10,573 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 10,733 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 10,568 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 10,625 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 10,642 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 10,612 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 10,626 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,156 ha | 2,400 ha | 4,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,054 ha | 2,500 ha | 3,725 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,554 ha | 2,290 ha | 5,352 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,011 ha | 1,860 ha | 4,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,959 ha | 1,300 ha | 6,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,712 ha | 8,000 ha | 10,733 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,615 ha | 10,568 ha | 10,642 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 9 Eritrea 15,193 ha compare
- 9 Timor-Leste 8,269 ha compare
- 10 Guinea-Bissau 13,406 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,520 ha compare
- 11 Pakistan 12,214 ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 993 ha compare
- 12 Polynesia 739 ha compare
- 13 France 9,899 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 640 ha compare
- 14 Eswatini 9,149 ha compare
- 15 Colombia 8,987 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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ecuador?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Ecuador was 10,626 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 10,733 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 2003.
- How does Ecuador rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Ecuador ranks 12th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.