Pineapples — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Pineapples — Area harvested was 5,654 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pineapples — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 5,654 ha for pineapples — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 11.3% on the previous year and up 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pineapples — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 7,967 ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 2,196 ha, in 1962.
Ecuador ranks 31st of 85 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.
Pineapples — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,196 ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 2,357 ha | +7.3% |
| 1964 | 2,551 ha | +8.2% |
| 1965 | 2,723 ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 2,863 ha | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 2,671 ha | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 3,188 ha | +19.4% |
| 1969 | 3,577 ha | +12.2% |
| 1970 | 3,630 ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 3,256 ha | -10.3% |
| 1972 | 3,250 ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 2,443 ha | -24.8% |
| 1974 | 5,478 ha | +124.2% |
| 1975 | 7,355 ha | +34.3% |
| 1976 | 7,530 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 7,651 ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 7,252 ha | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 7,269 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 7,967 ha | +9.6% |
| 1981 | 7,836 ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 7,665 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 5,783 ha | -24.6% |
| 1984 | 4,561 ha | -21.1% |
| 1985 | 4,015 ha | -12.0% |
| 1986 | 3,583 ha | -10.8% |
| 1987 | 3,334 ha | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 2,570 ha | -22.9% |
| 1989 | 2,690 ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 2,890 ha | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 2,890 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 3,230 ha | +11.8% |
| 1993 | 5,070 ha | +57.0% |
| 1994 | 6,060 ha | +19.5% |
| 1995 | 4,590 ha | -24.3% |
| 1996 | 4,938 ha | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 2,800 ha | -43.3% |
| 1998 | 5,146 ha | +83.8% |
| 1999 | 6,166 ha | +19.8% |
| 2000 | 3,668 ha | -40.5% |
| 2001 | 3,847 ha | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 4,271 ha | +11.0% |
| 2003 | 4,739 ha | +11.0% |
| 2004 | 5,661 ha | +19.5% |
| 2005 | 5,737 ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 5,900 ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 6,200 ha | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 7,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 2009 | 6,324 ha | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 7,000 ha | +10.7% |
| 2011 | 6,600 ha | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 4,869 ha | -26.2% |
| 2013 | 4,624 ha | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 4,428 ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 5,951 ha | +34.4% |
| 2016 | 3,205 ha | -46.1% |
| 2017 | 4,656 ha | +45.3% |
| 2018 | 4,865 ha | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 4,047 ha | -16.8% |
| 2020 | 3,270 ha | -19.2% |
| 2021 | 4,905 ha | +50.0% |
| 2022 | 6,093 ha | +24.2% |
| 2023 | 6,374 ha | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 5,654 ha | -11.3% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 5,654 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,246 ha, 91% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 5,654 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,025 ha, 2.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pineapples — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +124.2% | 2,443 ha | 5,478 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,703 ha | 2,196 ha | 3,577 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,511 ha | 2,443 ha | 7,651 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,000 ha | 2,570 ha | 7,967 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,378 ha | 2,800 ha | 6,166 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,335 ha | 3,668 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,024 ha | 3,205 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,259 ha | 3,270 ha | 6,374 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 pineapples — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Pineapples — area harvested in Ecuador was 5,654 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 7,967 ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest pineapples — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,196 ha in 1962.
- How does Ecuador rank for pineapples — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 31st out of 85 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pineapples — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.7%. 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 Pineapples — 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.