Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 2,944 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Ecuador is 2,944 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.6% on the previous year and down 62.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 22,540 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2,944 ha, in 2024.
That places Ecuador 69th out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,073 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,588 ha | -6.9% |
| 1963 | 10,913 ha | +65.6% |
| 1964 | 13,784 ha | +26.3% |
| 1965 | 14,186 ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 15,004 ha | +5.8% |
| 1967 | 11,537 ha | -23.1% |
| 1968 | 13,654 ha | +18.3% |
| 1969 | 6,341 ha | -53.6% |
| 1970 | 6,169 ha | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 10,313 ha | +67.2% |
| 1972 | 11,666 ha | +13.1% |
| 1973 | 15,401 ha | +32.0% |
| 1974 | 19,439 ha | +26.2% |
| 1975 | 11,925 ha | -38.7% |
| 1976 | 11,900 ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 12,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 11,308 ha | -5.8% |
| 1979 | 13,136 ha | +16.2% |
| 1980 | 11,611 ha | -11.6% |
| 1981 | 10,946 ha | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 7,479 ha | -31.7% |
| 1983 | 6,141 ha | -17.9% |
| 1984 | 7,108 ha | +15.7% |
| 1985 | 8,190 ha | +15.2% |
| 1986 | 11,086 ha | +35.4% |
| 1987 | 12,513 ha | +12.9% |
| 1988 | 9,430 ha | -24.6% |
| 1989 | 13,180 ha | +39.8% |
| 1990 | 11,390 ha | -13.6% |
| 1991 | 8,490 ha | -25.5% |
| 1992 | 9,670 ha | +13.9% |
| 1993 | 8,380 ha | -13.3% |
| 1994 | 8,130 ha | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 9,050 ha | +11.3% |
| 1996 | 10,482 ha | +15.8% |
| 1997 | 10,374 ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 4,664 ha | -55.0% |
| 1999 | 22,540 ha | +383.3% |
| 2000 | 11,169 ha | -50.4% |
| 2001 | 11,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 10,524 ha | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 12,828 ha | +21.9% |
| 2004 | 15,368 ha | +19.8% |
| 2005 | 15,754 ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 10,640 ha | -32.5% |
| 2007 | 10,305 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 9,966 ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 9,664 ha | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 8,934 ha | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 8,586 ha | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 8,400 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 8,063 ha | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 7,745 ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 7,448 ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 6,450 ha | -13.4% |
| 2017 | 5,575 ha | -13.6% |
| 2018 | 3,369 ha | -39.6% |
| 2019 | 7,822 ha | +132.2% |
| 2020 | 5,032 ha | -35.7% |
| 2021 | 6,668 ha | +32.5% |
| 2022 | 3,371 ha | -49.4% |
| 2023 | 3,447 ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 2,944 ha | -14.6% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 2,944 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 2,944 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,038 ha, 1.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 | +383.3% | 4,664 ha | 22,540 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,009 ha | 6,341 ha | 15,004 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,326 ha | 6,169 ha | 19,439 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,768 ha | 6,141 ha | 13,180 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,317 ha | 4,664 ha | 22,540 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,739 ha | 9,664 ha | 15,754 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,239 ha | 3,369 ha | 8,934 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,292 ha | 2,944 ha | 6,668 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Ecuador was 2,944 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 22,540 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,944 ha in 2024.
- How does Ecuador rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 69th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.