Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 2,291 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Ecuador stood at 2,291 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 2,364 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 280 ha, in 1991.
Ecuador ranks 36th of 108 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,166 ha | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 1,444 ha | +23.8% |
| 1964 | 1,220 ha | -15.5% |
| 1965 | 918 ha | -24.8% |
| 1966 | 900 ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 770 ha | -14.4% |
| 1968 | 916 ha | +19.0% |
| 1969 | 705 ha | -23.0% |
| 1970 | 721 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 627 ha | -13.0% |
| 1972 | 711 ha | +13.4% |
| 1973 | 564 ha | -20.7% |
| 1974 | 775 ha | +37.4% |
| 1975 | 989 ha | +27.6% |
| 1976 | 973 ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 455 ha | -53.2% |
| 1978 | 359 ha | -21.1% |
| 1979 | 367 ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 420 ha | +14.4% |
| 1981 | 558 ha | +32.9% |
| 1982 | 602 ha | +7.9% |
| 1983 | 791 ha | +31.4% |
| 1984 | 987 ha | +24.8% |
| 1985 | 915 ha | -7.3% |
| 1986 | 1,020 ha | +11.5% |
| 1987 | 1,100 ha | +7.8% |
| 1988 | 508 ha | -53.8% |
| 1989 | 490 ha | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 320 ha | -34.7% |
| 1991 | 280 ha | -12.5% |
| 1992 | 410 ha | +46.4% |
| 1993 | 300 ha | -26.8% |
| 1994 | 740 ha | +146.7% |
| 1995 | 910 ha | +23.0% |
| 1996 | 860 ha | -5.5% |
| 1997 | 1,174 ha | +36.5% |
| 1998 | 1,156 ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 1,030 ha | -10.9% |
| 2000 | 1,580 ha | +53.4% |
| 2001 | 1,284 ha | -18.7% |
| 2002 | 1,640 ha | +27.7% |
| 2003 | 1,754 ha | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 1,455 ha | -17.0% |
| 2005 | 1,584 ha | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 1,600 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 1,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 1,680 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 1,750 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 2,048 ha | +17.0% |
| 2011 | 2,088 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 2,010 ha | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 2,057 ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 2,298 ha | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 2,364 ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 2,240 ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 2,301 ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 2,301 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,281 ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 2,294 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 2,292 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,289 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,292 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,291 ha | -0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 2,291 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,887 ha, 1.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 2,291 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 169 ha, 13.6× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +146.7% | 300 ha | 740 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,015 ha | 705 ha | 1,444 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 654.1 ha | 359 ha | 989 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 739.1 ha | 420 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 718 ha | 280 ha | 1,174 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,598 ha | 1,284 ha | 1,754 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,199 ha | 2,010 ha | 2,364 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,292 ha | 2,289 ha | 2,294 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 lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Ecuador was 2,291 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,364 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 280 ha in 1991.
- How does Ecuador rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 36th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — 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.