Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 184,859 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Ecuador is 184,859 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.7% on the previous year and down 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 326,109 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 45,694 ha, in 1970.
That places Ecuador 76th out of 184 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 59,220 ha | — |
| 1962 | 64,410 ha | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 64,374 ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 71,499 ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 84,828 ha | +18.6% |
| 1966 | 78,203 ha | -7.8% |
| 1967 | 80,621 ha | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 89,522 ha | +11.0% |
| 1969 | 65,791 ha | -26.5% |
| 1970 | 45,694 ha | -30.5% |
| 1971 | 60,474 ha | +32.3% |
| 1972 | 65,747 ha | +8.7% |
| 1973 | 71,667 ha | +9.0% |
| 1974 | 88,886 ha | +24.0% |
| 1975 | 73,857 ha | -16.9% |
| 1976 | 77,810 ha | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 73,554 ha | -5.5% |
| 1978 | 80,836 ha | +9.9% |
| 1979 | 79,487 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 88,497 ha | +11.3% |
| 1981 | 88,387 ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 79,179 ha | -10.4% |
| 1983 | 55,794 ha | -29.5% |
| 1984 | 79,572 ha | +42.6% |
| 1985 | 96,781 ha | +21.6% |
| 1986 | 123,158 ha | +27.3% |
| 1987 | 170,579 ha | +38.5% |
| 1988 | 164,424 ha | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 183,454 ha | +11.6% |
| 1990 | 187,604 ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 147,291 ha | -21.5% |
| 1992 | 199,310 ha | +35.3% |
| 1993 | 179,780 ha | -9.8% |
| 1994 | 201,086 ha | +11.9% |
| 1995 | 202,752 ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 183,029 ha | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 133,084 ha | -27.3% |
| 1998 | 116,241 ha | -12.7% |
| 1999 | 166,496 ha | +43.2% |
| 2000 | 188,317 ha | +13.1% |
| 2001 | 206,094 ha | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 173,777 ha | -15.7% |
| 2003 | 175,229 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 209,765 ha | +19.7% |
| 2005 | 192,725 ha | -8.1% |
| 2006 | 180,061 ha | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 193,798 ha | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 206,130 ha | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 252,535 ha | +22.5% |
| 2010 | 252,080 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 264,095 ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 252,370 ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 274,355 ha | +8.7% |
| 2014 | 312,601 ha | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 326,109 ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 302,820 ha | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 299,918 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 256,290 ha | -14.5% |
| 2019 | 241,786 ha | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 219,154 ha | -9.4% |
| 2021 | 183,948 ha | -16.1% |
| 2022 | 172,849 ha | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 155,757 ha | -9.9% |
| 2024 | 184,859 ha | +18.7% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 184,859 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,712 ha, 8.5× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 184,859 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,920 ha, 6.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,163 ha | 59,220 ha | 89,522 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 71,801 ha | 45,694 ha | 88,886 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 112,982 ha | 55,794 ha | 183,454 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 171,667 ha | 116,241 ha | 202,752 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 197,843 ha | 173,777 ha | 252,535 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 278,242 ha | 241,786 ha | 326,109 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 183,313 ha | 155,757 ha | 219,154 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0374 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1315 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0159 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.3086 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Ecuador was 184,859 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 326,109 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,694 ha in 1970.
- How does Ecuador rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 76th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.