Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 134,450 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 134,450 ha for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 12.4% on the previous year and up 28.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 160,477 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 16,386 ha, in 1962.
Ecuador ranks 8th of 50 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,106 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,386 ha | -14.2% |
| 1963 | 18,131 ha | +10.6% |
| 1964 | 22,374 ha | +23.4% |
| 1965 | 35,701 ha | +59.6% |
| 1966 | 39,478 ha | +10.6% |
| 1967 | 40,136 ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 38,096 ha | -5.1% |
| 1969 | 35,202 ha | -7.6% |
| 1970 | 35,930 ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 36,698 ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 36,023 ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 35,283 ha | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 57,895 ha | +64.1% |
| 1975 | 75,420 ha | +30.3% |
| 1976 | 72,855 ha | -3.4% |
| 1977 | 97,900 ha | +34.4% |
| 1978 | 72,404 ha | -26.0% |
| 1979 | 64,650 ha | -10.7% |
| 1980 | 69,749 ha | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 66,910 ha | -4.1% |
| 1982 | 66,166 ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 63,087 ha | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 64,607 ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 68,453 ha | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 78,166 ha | +14.2% |
| 1987 | 81,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 83,191 ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 83,481 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 90,000 ha | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 92,190 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 95,970 ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 88,550 ha | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 88,930 ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 82,430 ha | -7.3% |
| 1996 | 88,530 ha | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 90,200 ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 50,000 ha | -44.6% |
| 1999 | 70,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 2000 | 160,477 ha | +129.3% |
| 2001 | 90,000 ha | -43.9% |
| 2002 | 128,779 ha | +43.1% |
| 2003 | 136,566 ha | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 125,904 ha | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 116,361 ha | -7.6% |
| 2006 | 103,463 ha | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 106,314 ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 111,073 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 110,694 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 113,135 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 115,349 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 91,778 ha | -20.4% |
| 2013 | 121,824 ha | +32.7% |
| 2014 | 104,574 ha | -14.2% |
| 2015 | 105,817 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 94,911 ha | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 99,463 ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 100,603 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 135,813 ha | +35.0% |
| 2020 | 127,895 ha | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 112,045 ha | -12.4% |
| 2022 | 114,526 ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 119,637 ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 134,450 ha | +12.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,401 ha | 16,386 ha | 40,136 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 58,506 ha | 35,283 ha | 97,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 72,481 ha | 63,087 ha | 83,481 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 83,680 ha | 50,000 ha | 95,970 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 118,963 ha | 90,000 ha | 160,477 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 108,327 ha | 91,778 ha | 135,813 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 121,711 ha | 112,045 ha | 134,450 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 plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Ecuador was 134,450 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 160,477 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,386 ha in 1962.
- How does Ecuador rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 8th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.6%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.