Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador
Ecuador: Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0151 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador is 0.0151 ha per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 15.5% on the previous year and down 50.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador peaked at 0.0647 ha per person in 1967 and was at its lowest, 0.0151 ha per person, in 2024.
Ecuador ranks 56th of 150 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.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0482 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0437 ha per person | -9.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0493 ha per person | +12.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0582 ha per person | +18.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0579 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0489 ha per person | -15.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0647 ha per person | +32.2% |
| 1968 | 0.044 ha per person | -32.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0488 ha per person | +10.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0474 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0555 ha per person | +17.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0539 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0394 ha per person | -26.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0393 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0385 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0378 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0328 ha per person | -13.2% |
| 1978 | 0.0239 ha per person | -27.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0275 ha per person | +15.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0277 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0292 ha per person | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 0.0251 ha per person | -13.8% |
| 1983 | 0.0233 ha per person | -7.4% |
| 1984 | 0.027 ha per person | +16.0% |
| 1985 | 0.024 ha per person | -11.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0502 ha per person | +109.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0481 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 0.0451 ha per person | -6.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0433 ha per person | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 0.0419 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0347 ha per person | -17.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0458 ha per person | +32.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0455 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0456 ha per person | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0416 ha per person | -8.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0447 ha per person | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0451 ha per person | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0291 ha per person | -35.6% |
| 1999 | 0.034 ha per person | +16.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0317 ha per person | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0342 ha per person | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 0.031 ha per person | -9.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0277 ha per person | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0306 ha per person | +10.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0268 ha per person | -12.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0277 ha per person | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0285 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0246 ha per person | -13.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0249 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0292 ha per person | +17.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0377 ha per person | +29.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0312 ha per person | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0314 ha per person | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0303 ha per person | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0258 ha per person | -14.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0185 ha per person | -28.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0214 ha per person | +15.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0214 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0186 ha per person | -13.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0195 ha per person | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0207 ha per person | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0203 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0179 ha per person | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0151 ha per person | -15.5% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.0151 ha per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0097 ha per person, 1.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.0151 ha per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0049 ha per person, 3.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +109.1% | 0.024 ha per person | 0.0502 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0515 ha per person | 0.0437 ha per person | 0.0647 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0396 ha per person | 0.0239 ha per person | 0.0555 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0343 ha per person | 0.0233 ha per person | 0.0502 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0408 ha per person | 0.0291 ha per person | 0.0458 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0288 ha per person | 0.0246 ha per person | 0.0342 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0266 ha per person | 0.0185 ha per person | 0.0377 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0187 ha per person | 0.0151 ha per person | 0.0207 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 53 North Macedonia 0.0155 ha per person compare
- 54 Chad 0.0153 ha per person compare
- 55 Kyrgyzstan 0.0152 ha per person compare
- 57 Senegal 0.0149 ha per person compare
- 58 Thailand 0.0136 ha per person compare
- 59 South Sudan 0.0136 ha per person 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 maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador was 0.0151 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0647 ha per person in 1967.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0151 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Ecuador rank for maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 56th out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.1%. 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 Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Maize (corn) — 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.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Maize (corn) — 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
Maize (corn) — 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.