Oats — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Oats — Area harvested was 1,160 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 1,160 ha for oats — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 2,984 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 212 ha, in 1984.
That places Ecuador 65th out of 79 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oats — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1965 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | +100.0% |
| 1971 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1973 | 700 ha | -30.0% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | -28.6% |
| 1975 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 212 ha | -57.6% |
| 1985 | 794 ha | +274.5% |
| 1986 | 1,365 ha | +71.9% |
| 1987 | 2,573 ha | +88.5% |
| 1988 | 1,700 ha | -33.9% |
| 1989 | 1,010 ha | -40.6% |
| 1990 | 1,142 ha | +13.1% |
| 1991 | 1,710 ha | +49.7% |
| 1992 | 1,190 ha | -30.4% |
| 1993 | 1,870 ha | +57.1% |
| 1994 | 1,590 ha | -15.0% |
| 1995 | 1,230 ha | -22.6% |
| 1996 | 2,984 ha | +142.6% |
| 1997 | 1,258 ha | -57.8% |
| 1998 | 1,350 ha | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 1,199 ha | -11.2% |
| 2000 | 2,288 ha | +90.8% |
| 2001 | 660 ha | -71.2% |
| 2002 | 727 ha | +10.2% |
| 2003 | 500 ha | -31.2% |
| 2004 | 926 ha | +85.2% |
| 2005 | 1,316 ha | +42.1% |
| 2006 | 1,400 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,300 ha | -13.3% |
| 2010 | 1,201 ha | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 1,233 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 1,259 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 1,248 ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 1,191 ha | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 1,193 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,174 ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 1,167 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,164 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,158 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1,154 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,165 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 1,175 ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,168 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,160 ha | -0.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,160 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,412 ha, 8% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,160 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 27,160 ha, 4% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oats — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +274.5% | 212 ha | 794 ha |
| 1996 | +142.6% | 1,230 ha | 2,984 ha |
| 1970 | +100.0% | 500 ha | 1,000 ha |
| 2000 | +90.8% | 1,199 ha | 2,288 ha |
| 1987 | +88.5% | 1,365 ha | 2,573 ha |
| 2004 | +85.2% | 500 ha | 926 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 483.33 ha | 400 ha | 600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 720 ha | 500 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 965.4 ha | 212 ha | 2,573 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,552 ha | 1,142 ha | 2,984 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,212 ha | 500 ha | 2,288 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,199 ha | 1,158 ha | 1,259 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,164 ha | 1,154 ha | 1,175 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 oats — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Oats — area harvested in Ecuador was 1,160 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,984 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 212 ha in 1984.
- How does Ecuador rank for oats — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 65th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. 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 Oats — 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.