Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 157,204 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 157,204 ha for oil palm fruit — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 14.2% on the previous year and down 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 290,343 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 14,000 ha, in 1974.
That places Ecuador 13th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 32,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 38,000 ha | +18.8% |
| 1966 | 34,000 ha | -10.5% |
| 1967 | 42,000 ha | +23.5% |
| 1968 | 50,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1969 | 33,000 ha | -34.0% |
| 1970 | 25,000 ha | -24.2% |
| 1971 | 36,000 ha | +44.0% |
| 1972 | 33,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1973 | 27,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 1974 | 14,000 ha | -48.1% |
| 1975 | 14,750 ha | +5.4% |
| 1976 | 18,750 ha | +27.1% |
| 1977 | 14,263 ha | -23.9% |
| 1978 | 26,150 ha | +83.3% |
| 1979 | 17,642 ha | -32.5% |
| 1980 | 25,674 ha | +45.5% |
| 1981 | 26,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 26,799 ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 28,538 ha | +6.5% |
| 1984 | 29,195 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 34,244 ha | +17.3% |
| 1986 | 44,000 ha | +28.5% |
| 1987 | 48,100 ha | +9.3% |
| 1988 | 52,520 ha | +9.2% |
| 1989 | 55,360 ha | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 58,560 ha | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 56,190 ha | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 65,350 ha | +16.3% |
| 1993 | 65,380 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 86,410 ha | +32.2% |
| 1995 | 91,010 ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 90,890 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 95,980 ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 96,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 90,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 113,686 ha | +26.3% |
| 2001 | 125,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 101,696 ha | -18.6% |
| 2003 | 95,303 ha | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 123,158 ha | +29.2% |
| 2005 | 140,561 ha | +14.1% |
| 2006 | 143,348 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 145,255 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 149,501 ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 195,550 ha | +30.8% |
| 2010 | 193,502 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 202,651 ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 198,578 ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 218,833 ha | +10.2% |
| 2014 | 272,011 ha | +24.3% |
| 2015 | 290,343 ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 263,839 ha | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 260,292 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 223,962 ha | -14.0% |
| 2019 | 200,908 ha | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 188,469 ha | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 152,529 ha | -19.1% |
| 2022 | 141,381 ha | -7.3% |
| 2023 | 137,678 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 157,204 ha | +14.2% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 157,204 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 101,305 ha, 1.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 157,204 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 100,000 ha, 1.6× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,222 ha | 28,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,656 ha | 14,000 ha | 36,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,043 ha | 25,674 ha | 55,360 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 79,577 ha | 56,190 ha | 96,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 133,306 ha | 95,303 ha | 195,550 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 232,492 ha | 193,502 ha | 290,343 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 155,452 ha | 137,678 ha | 188,469 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 oil palm fruit — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Ecuador was 157,204 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 290,343 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,000 ha in 1974.
- How does Ecuador rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 13th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.2%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.