Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador
Ecuador: Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0008 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador is 0.0008 ha per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.6% on the previous year and down 63.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador peaked at 0.0086 ha per person in 1967 and was at its lowest, 0.0008 ha per person, in 2024.
That places Ecuador 88th out of 137 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0068 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0068 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0064 ha per person | -6.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0075 ha per person | +18.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0084 ha per person | +11.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0081 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0086 ha per person | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0085 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0069 ha per person | -18.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0077 ha per person | +10.7% |
| 1971 | 0.0084 ha per person | +9.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0058 ha per person | -31.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0065 ha per person | +12.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0057 ha per person | -12.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0055 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 0.0056 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0048 ha per person | -15.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0039 ha per person | -19.3% |
| 1979 | 0.0034 ha per person | -12.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0037 ha per person | +10.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0038 ha per person | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0041 ha per person | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 0.003 ha per person | -25.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0037 ha per person | +22.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0039 ha per person | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0056 ha per person | +43.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0057 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0047 ha per person | -17.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0048 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0049 ha per person | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 0.0029 ha per person | -40.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0059 ha per person | +100.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0051 ha per person | -12.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0057 ha per person | +11.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0057 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0055 ha per person | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0055 ha per person | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0047 ha per person | -13.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0048 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0034 ha per person | -30.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0035 ha per person | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 0.004 ha per person | +14.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0038 ha per person | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0042 ha per person | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0035 ha per person | -17.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0037 ha per person | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0033 ha per person | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 0.003 ha per person | -8.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0033 ha per person | +10.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0029 ha per person | -11.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0028 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0022 ha per person | -22.5% |
| 2013 | 0.003 ha per person | +35.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0021 ha per person | -30.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0018 ha per person | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0018 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0018 ha per person | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0013 ha per person | -26.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0011 ha per person | -12.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0014 ha per person | +25.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0011 ha per person | -23.9% |
| 2022 | 0.001 ha per person | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 0.001 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0008 ha per person | -24.6% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.0008 ha per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0011 ha per person, 67% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.0008 ha per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0005 ha per person, 1.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +100.4% | 0.0029 ha per person | 0.0059 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0076 ha per person | 0.0064 ha per person | 0.0086 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0057 ha per person | 0.0034 ha per person | 0.0084 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0043 ha per person | 0.003 ha per person | 0.0057 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0051 ha per person | 0.0029 ha per person | 0.0059 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0036 ha per person | 0.003 ha per person | 0.0042 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0021 ha per person | 0.0011 ha per person | 0.003 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0011 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
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 potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador?
- Potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador was 0.0008 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0086 ha per person in 1967.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0008 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Ecuador rank for potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 88th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.