Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 7,090 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons and limes — area harvested in Ecuador is 7,090 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 42.2% on the previous year and up 67.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 7,090 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,229 ha, in 1977.
That places Ecuador 24th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,510 ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 1,470 ha | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 1,511 ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 1,631 ha | +7.9% |
| 1966 | 1,747 ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 1,726 ha | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 1,649 ha | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 1,569 ha | -4.9% |
| 1970 | 1,627 ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 1,468 ha | -9.8% |
| 1972 | 1,476 ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 1,382 ha | -6.4% |
| 1974 | 2,799 ha | +102.5% |
| 1975 | 3,209 ha | +14.6% |
| 1976 | 2,870 ha | -10.6% |
| 1977 | 1,229 ha | -57.2% |
| 1978 | 1,359 ha | +10.6% |
| 1979 | 1,384 ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 1,397 ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 1,476 ha | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 1,504 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 1,567 ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 1,864 ha | +19.0% |
| 1985 | 2,385 ha | +28.0% |
| 1986 | 2,696 ha | +13.0% |
| 1987 | 2,359 ha | -12.5% |
| 1988 | 2,210 ha | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 2,460 ha | +11.3% |
| 1990 | 2,470 ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 2,102 ha | -14.9% |
| 1992 | 1,630 ha | -22.5% |
| 1993 | 2,210 ha | +35.6% |
| 1994 | 1,820 ha | -17.6% |
| 1995 | 2,820 ha | +54.9% |
| 1996 | 2,929 ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 3,943 ha | +34.6% |
| 1998 | 2,115 ha | -46.4% |
| 1999 | 3,053 ha | +44.3% |
| 2000 | 3,330 ha | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 5,323 ha | +59.8% |
| 2002 | 5,075 ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 4,965 ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 4,893 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 6,256 ha | +27.9% |
| 2006 | 4,000 ha | -36.1% |
| 2007 | 3,197 ha | -20.1% |
| 2008 | 3,864 ha | +20.9% |
| 2009 | 2,186 ha | -43.4% |
| 2010 | 3,096 ha | +41.6% |
| 2011 | 2,524 ha | -18.5% |
| 2012 | 3,544 ha | +40.4% |
| 2013 | 3,916 ha | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 4,237 ha | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 4,617 ha | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 4,673 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 5,487 ha | +17.4% |
| 2018 | 4,619 ha | -15.8% |
| 2019 | 4,721 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 5,614 ha | +18.9% |
| 2021 | 4,178 ha | -25.6% |
| 2022 | 5,857 ha | +40.2% |
| 2023 | 4,987 ha | -14.9% |
| 2024 | 7,090 ha | +42.2% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 7,090 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,880 ha, 3.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 7,090 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,185 ha, 6.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,590 ha | 1,470 ha | 1,747 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,880 ha | 1,229 ha | 3,209 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,992 ha | 1,397 ha | 2,696 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,509 ha | 1,630 ha | 3,943 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,309 ha | 2,186 ha | 6,256 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,143 ha | 2,524 ha | 5,487 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,545 ha | 4,178 ha | 7,090 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 lemons and limes — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in Ecuador was 7,090 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 7,090 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,229 ha in 1977.
- How does Ecuador rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 24th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.3%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.