Oranges — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Oranges — Area harvested was 10,613 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oranges — area harvested in Ecuador is 10,613 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 25.0% on the previous year and down 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 39,853 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5,542 ha, in 1963.
Ecuador ranks 37th of 136 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.
Oranges — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,960 ha | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 5,542 ha | -7.0% |
| 1964 | 5,797 ha | +4.6% |
| 1965 | 7,491 ha | +29.2% |
| 1966 | 7,902 ha | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 7,641 ha | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 8,403 ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 8,928 ha | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 9,106 ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 10,408 ha | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 11,045 ha | +6.1% |
| 1973 | 11,871 ha | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 12,644 ha | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 13,687 ha | +8.2% |
| 1976 | 16,630 ha | +21.5% |
| 1977 | 23,447 ha | +41.0% |
| 1978 | 22,914 ha | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 23,098 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 25,193 ha | +9.1% |
| 1981 | 25,182 ha | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 25,158 ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 24,619 ha | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 21,626 ha | -12.2% |
| 1985 | 17,730 ha | -18.0% |
| 1986 | 10,476 ha | -40.9% |
| 1987 | 8,900 ha | -15.0% |
| 1988 | 10,983 ha | +23.4% |
| 1989 | 9,670 ha | -12.0% |
| 1990 | 10,250 ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 9,820 ha | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 9,650 ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 11,400 ha | +18.1% |
| 1994 | 10,110 ha | -11.3% |
| 1995 | 10,130 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 10,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 17,161 ha | +63.4% |
| 1998 | 13,969 ha | -18.6% |
| 1999 | 32,531 ha | +132.9% |
| 2000 | 39,853 ha | +22.5% |
| 2001 | 30,445 ha | -23.6% |
| 2002 | 21,133 ha | -30.6% |
| 2003 | 23,740 ha | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 24,376 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 20,020 ha | -17.9% |
| 2006 | 23,558 ha | +17.7% |
| 2007 | 19,063 ha | -19.1% |
| 2008 | 22,299 ha | +17.0% |
| 2009 | 22,822 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 21,695 ha | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 21,681 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 18,897 ha | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 17,371 ha | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 17,061 ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 22,282 ha | +30.6% |
| 2016 | 13,270 ha | -40.4% |
| 2017 | 15,910 ha | +19.9% |
| 2018 | 15,781 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 18,444 ha | +16.9% |
| 2020 | 14,234 ha | -22.8% |
| 2021 | 17,032 ha | +19.7% |
| 2022 | 16,324 ha | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 14,142 ha | -13.4% |
| 2024 | 10,613 ha | -25.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 10,613 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,821 ha, 2.8× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 10,613 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,627 ha, 1.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +132.9% | 13,969 ha | 32,531 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,074 ha | 5,542 ha | 8,928 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,485 ha | 9,106 ha | 23,447 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,954 ha | 8,900 ha | 25,193 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,552 ha | 9,650 ha | 32,531 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,731 ha | 19,063 ha | 39,853 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,239 ha | 13,270 ha | 22,282 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,469 ha | 10,613 ha | 17,032 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 oranges — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Oranges — area harvested in Ecuador was 10,613 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 39,853 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,542 ha in 1963.
- How does Ecuador rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 37th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.8%. 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 Oranges — 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.