Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador
Ecuador: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per capita was 0.002 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 0.002 ha per person for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador peaked at 0.0077 ha per person in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0.0016 ha per person, in 1971.
Ecuador ranks 37th of 117 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0043 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.005 ha per person | +14.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0042 ha per person | -14.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0044 ha per person | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0052 ha per person | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0046 ha per person | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 0.0044 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0039 ha per person | -12.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0039 ha per person | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0017 ha per person | -56.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0016 ha per person | -5.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0026 ha per person | +61.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0044 ha per person | +67.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0077 ha per person | +75.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0057 ha per person | -25.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0056 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0055 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0048 ha per person | -12.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0047 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0045 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 0.0049 ha per person | +9.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0038 ha per person | -22.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0023 ha per person | -38.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0037 ha per person | +60.5% |
| 1985 | 0.0036 ha per person | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0044 ha per person | +23.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0046 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0047 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0049 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0048 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0044 ha per person | -8.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0051 ha per person | +14.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0036 ha per person | -29.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0026 ha per person | -27.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0028 ha per person | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0028 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0028 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0019 ha per person | -32.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0021 ha per person | +14.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0016 ha per person | -23.4% |
| 2001 | 0.002 ha per person | +21.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0018 ha per person | -10.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0017 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0021 ha per person | +20.3% |
| 2005 | 0.002 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 0.002 ha per person | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.002 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.002 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.002 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.002 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0021 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0021 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0021 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0021 ha per person | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0021 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0021 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0021 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.0021 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0021 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.002 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 0.002 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.002 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.002 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 0.002 ha per person | -0.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.002 ha per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0006 ha per person, 3.4× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.002 ha per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0007 ha per person, 2.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +75.0% | 0.0044 ha per person | 0.0077 ha per person |
| 1973 | +67.4% | 0.0026 ha per person | 0.0044 ha per person |
| 1972 | +61.3% | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0026 ha per person |
| 1984 | +60.5% | 0.0023 ha per person | 0.0037 ha per person |
| 1970 | -56.4% | 0.0039 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person |
| 1983 | -38.7% | 0.0038 ha per person | 0.0023 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0044 ha per person | 0.0039 ha per person | 0.0052 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0044 ha per person | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0077 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0041 ha per person | 0.0023 ha per person | 0.0049 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0033 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0051 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0016 ha per person | 0.0021 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0021 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | 0.0021 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.002 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | 0.002 ha per person | 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador was 0.002 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0077 ha per person in 1974.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0016 ha per person in 1971.
- How does Ecuador rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 37th out of 117 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.