Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 11,111 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 11,111 ha for onions and shallots, green — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 24,000 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 2,775 ha, in 1978.
Ecuador ranks 9th of 59 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,666 ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 8,973 ha | +34.6% |
| 1964 | 8,992 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 7,232 ha | -19.6% |
| 1966 | 6,674 ha | -7.7% |
| 1967 | 6,461 ha | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 5,729 ha | -11.3% |
| 1969 | 9,536 ha | +66.5% |
| 1970 | 9,693 ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 5,795 ha | -40.2% |
| 1972 | 5,687 ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 4,498 ha | -20.9% |
| 1974 | 3,872 ha | -13.9% |
| 1975 | 4,336 ha | +12.0% |
| 1976 | 4,031 ha | -7.0% |
| 1977 | 3,973 ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 2,775 ha | -30.2% |
| 1979 | 3,062 ha | +10.3% |
| 1980 | 3,333 ha | +8.9% |
| 1981 | 4,742 ha | +42.3% |
| 1982 | 4,731 ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 4,594 ha | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 5,754 ha | +25.3% |
| 1985 | 6,428 ha | +11.7% |
| 1986 | 8,675 ha | +35.0% |
| 1987 | 7,800 ha | -10.1% |
| 1988 | 7,840 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 8,570 ha | +9.3% |
| 1990 | 8,130 ha | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 9,400 ha | +15.6% |
| 1992 | 10,740 ha | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 12,150 ha | +13.1% |
| 1994 | 11,700 ha | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 13,780 ha | +17.8% |
| 1996 | 14,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 24,000 ha | +71.4% |
| 1998 | 19,000 ha | -20.8% |
| 1999 | 8,000 ha | -57.9% |
| 2000 | 11,576 ha | +44.7% |
| 2001 | 13,600 ha | +17.5% |
| 2002 | 13,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 9,500 ha | -26.9% |
| 2004 | 10,784 ha | +13.5% |
| 2005 | 11,995 ha | +11.2% |
| 2006 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 11,900 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 12,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 12,284 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 11,981 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 11,613 ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 11,276 ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 11,253 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 11,519 ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 11,492 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 11,451 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 11,330 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 11,331 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11,334 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 11,352 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 11,201 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 11,128 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 11,119 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 11,111 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,363 ha | 5,729 ha | 9,536 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,772 ha | 2,775 ha | 9,693 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,247 ha | 3,333 ha | 8,675 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,090 ha | 8,000 ha | 24,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,864 ha | 9,500 ha | 13,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,458 ha | 11,253 ha | 11,981 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,182 ha | 11,111 ha | 11,352 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Ecuador was 11,111 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 24,000 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,775 ha in 1978.
- How does Ecuador rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 9th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. 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 Onions and shallots, green — 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.