Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested was 12,855 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Ecuador is 12,855 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 13,083 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Ecuador ranks 22nd of 28 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Natural rubber in primary forms — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 650 ha | — |
| 1978 | 710 ha | +9.2% |
| 1979 | 1,019 ha | +43.5% |
| 1980 | 1,150 ha | +12.9% |
| 1981 | 1,175 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 1,175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,620 ha | +37.9% |
| 1984 | 1,650 ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 1,806 ha | +9.5% |
| 1986 | 2,100 ha | +16.3% |
| 1987 | 1,100 ha | -47.6% |
| 1988 | 980 ha | -10.9% |
| 1989 | 1,810 ha | +84.7% |
| 1990 | 2,360 ha | +30.4% |
| 1991 | 1,810 ha | -23.3% |
| 1992 | 2,250 ha | +24.3% |
| 1993 | 2,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 2,360 ha | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 2,640 ha | +11.9% |
| 1996 | 5,695 ha | +115.7% |
| 1997 | 5,000 ha | -12.2% |
| 1998 | 3,716 ha | -25.7% |
| 1999 | 3,716 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2,276 ha | -38.8% |
| 2001 | 2,994 ha | +31.5% |
| 2002 | 5,805 ha | +93.9% |
| 2003 | 5,977 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 8,486 ha | +42.0% |
| 2005 | 9,153 ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 9,200 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 10,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 10,500 ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 10,866 ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 12,190 ha | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 12,365 ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 12,831 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 12,360 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 12,884 ha | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 12,958 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 12,828 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 12,889 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 13,083 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 12,668 ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 12,880 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 12,877 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 12,808 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 12,855 ha | +0.4% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 12,855 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 98,783 ha, 13% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 12,855 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 21,748 ha, 59% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Natural rubber in primary forms — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +115.7% | 2,640 ha | 5,695 ha |
| 2002 | +93.9% | 2,994 ha | 5,805 ha |
| 1989 | +84.7% | 980 ha | 1,810 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 237.9 ha | 0 ha | 1,019 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,457 ha | 980 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,180 ha | 1,810 ha | 5,695 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,539 ha | 2,276 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,525 ha | 10,866 ha | 13,083 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,818 ha | 12,668 ha | 12,880 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 19 Guinea-Bissau 20,842 ha compare
- 20 Gabon 17,616 ha compare
- 21 Colombia 15,428 ha compare
- 23 Guinea 11,937 ha compare
- 24 Papua New Guinea 9,587 ha compare
- 25 Brunei Darussalam 4,192 ha 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 natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested in Ecuador was 12,855 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 13,083 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Ecuador rank for natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 22nd out of 28 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural rubber in primary forms — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. 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 Natural rubber in primary forms — 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.