Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 186,859 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil 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, oil equivalent — area harvested in Ecuador is 186,859 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 18.6% on the previous year and down 40.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 328,109 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 61,254 ha, in 1970.
Ecuador ranks 82nd of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80,320 ha | — |
| 1962 | 87,710 ha | +9.2% |
| 1963 | 88,774 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 100,399 ha | +13.1% |
| 1965 | 105,928 ha | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 101,900 ha | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 102,218 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 105,357 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 89,233 ha | -15.3% |
| 1970 | 61,254 ha | -31.4% |
| 1971 | 91,036 ha | +48.6% |
| 1972 | 91,331 ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 117,557 ha | +28.7% |
| 1974 | 132,838 ha | +13.0% |
| 1975 | 77,084 ha | -42.0% |
| 1976 | 94,530 ha | +22.6% |
| 1977 | 83,074 ha | -12.1% |
| 1978 | 90,097 ha | +8.5% |
| 1979 | 89,537 ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 95,213 ha | +6.3% |
| 1981 | 101,887 ha | +7.0% |
| 1982 | 92,179 ha | -9.5% |
| 1983 | 69,294 ha | -24.8% |
| 1984 | 94,072 ha | +35.8% |
| 1985 | 102,781 ha | +9.3% |
| 1986 | 131,158 ha | +27.6% |
| 1987 | 177,579 ha | +35.4% |
| 1988 | 171,424 ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 190,454 ha | +11.1% |
| 1990 | 195,604 ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 155,291 ha | -20.6% |
| 1992 | 205,320 ha | +32.2% |
| 1993 | 193,280 ha | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 209,086 ha | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 211,552 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 188,129 ha | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 138,084 ha | -26.6% |
| 1998 | 121,241 ha | -12.2% |
| 1999 | 171,496 ha | +41.5% |
| 2000 | 193,317 ha | +12.7% |
| 2001 | 211,094 ha | +9.2% |
| 2002 | 178,777 ha | -15.3% |
| 2003 | 180,229 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 210,995 ha | +17.1% |
| 2005 | 194,112 ha | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 181,461 ha | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 195,798 ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 208,130 ha | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 254,535 ha | +22.3% |
| 2010 | 254,080 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 266,095 ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 254,370 ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 276,355 ha | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 314,601 ha | +13.8% |
| 2015 | 328,109 ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 304,820 ha | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 301,918 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 258,290 ha | -14.5% |
| 2019 | 243,662 ha | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 221,000 ha | -9.3% |
| 2021 | 185,787 ha | -15.9% |
| 2022 | 174,704 ha | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 157,601 ha | -9.8% |
| 2024 | 186,859 ha | +18.6% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 186,859 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 68,160 ha, 2.7× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 186,859 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 | 95,760 ha | 80,320 ha | 105,928 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 92,834 ha | 61,254 ha | 132,838 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 122,604 ha | 69,294 ha | 190,454 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 178,908 ha | 121,241 ha | 211,552 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 200,845 ha | 178,777 ha | 254,535 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 280,230 ha | 243,662 ha | 328,109 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 185,190 ha | 157,601 ha | 221,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
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, oil equivalent — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Ecuador was 186,859 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 328,109 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 61,254 ha in 1970.
- How does Ecuador rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 82nd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.6%. 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, Oil 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.