Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 1,143 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 1,143 ha for plums and sloes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 7,800 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 36 ha, in 1979.
That places Ecuador 55th out of 90 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 650 ha | — |
| 1962 | 341 ha | -47.5% |
| 1963 | 394 ha | +15.5% |
| 1964 | 352 ha | -10.7% |
| 1965 | 384 ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1969 | 470 ha | -6.0% |
| 1970 | 450 ha | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 420 ha | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 400 ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 380 ha | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 360 ha | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 350 ha | -2.8% |
| 1977 | 300 ha | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 100 ha | -66.7% |
| 1979 | 36 ha | -64.0% |
| 1980 | 45 ha | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 59 ha | +31.1% |
| 1982 | 70 ha | +18.6% |
| 1983 | 68 ha | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 121 ha | +77.9% |
| 1985 | 124 ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 153 ha | +23.4% |
| 1987 | 124 ha | -19.0% |
| 1988 | 1,050 ha | +746.8% |
| 1989 | 1,120 ha | +6.7% |
| 1990 | 1,840 ha | +64.3% |
| 1991 | 1,890 ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 1,870 ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 4,800 ha | +156.7% |
| 1994 | 3,500 ha | -27.1% |
| 1995 | 7,800 ha | +122.9% |
| 1996 | 3,300 ha | -57.7% |
| 1997 | 2,500 ha | -24.2% |
| 1998 | 3,500 ha | +40.0% |
| 1999 | 1,200 ha | -65.7% |
| 2000 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 2001 | 1,574 ha | +12.4% |
| 2002 | 1,450 ha | -7.9% |
| 2003 | 1,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 946 ha | -36.9% |
| 2005 | 1,276 ha | +34.9% |
| 2006 | 1,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 1,350 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 1,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 1,318 ha | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 1,238 ha | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 1,268 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 1,248 ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 1,235 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 1,193 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 1,201 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1,185 ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 1,151 ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 1,124 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 1,153 ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 1,143 ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 1,140 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,145 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,143 ha | -0.2% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,143 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,954 ha, 23% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,143 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,143 ha, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +746.8% | 124 ha | 1,050 ha |
| 1993 | +156.7% | 1,870 ha | 4,800 ha |
| 1995 | +122.9% | 3,500 ha | 7,800 ha |
| 1984 | +77.9% | 68 ha | 121 ha |
| 1978 | -66.7% | 300 ha | 100 ha |
| 1999 | -65.7% | 3,500 ha | 1,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 437.89 ha | 341 ha | 650 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 315.6 ha | 36 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 293.4 ha | 45 ha | 1,120 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,220 ha | 1,200 ha | 7,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,365 ha | 946 ha | 1,574 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,216 ha | 1,124 ha | 1,318 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,145 ha | 1,140 ha | 1,153 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 plums and sloes — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Ecuador was 1,143 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 7,800 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 36 ha in 1979.
- How does Ecuador rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 55th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plums and sloes — 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.