Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 33,339 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 33,339 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.3% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 166,528 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 28,469 ha, in 2020.
Ecuador ranks 90th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 105,483 ha | — |
| 1962 | 96,050 ha | -8.9% |
| 1963 | 90,034 ha | -6.3% |
| 1964 | 135,457 ha | +50.5% |
| 1965 | 129,440 ha | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 153,627 ha | +18.7% |
| 1967 | 150,059 ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 166,528 ha | +11.0% |
| 1969 | 133,201 ha | -20.0% |
| 1970 | 141,995 ha | +6.6% |
| 1971 | 117,676 ha | -17.1% |
| 1972 | 96,878 ha | -17.7% |
| 1973 | 105,135 ha | +8.5% |
| 1974 | 101,232 ha | -3.7% |
| 1975 | 102,995 ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 102,480 ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 85,940 ha | -16.1% |
| 1978 | 55,509 ha | -35.4% |
| 1979 | 65,433 ha | +17.9% |
| 1980 | 71,036 ha | +8.6% |
| 1981 | 76,116 ha | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 71,838 ha | -5.6% |
| 1983 | 54,317 ha | -24.4% |
| 1984 | 60,558 ha | +11.5% |
| 1985 | 52,772 ha | -12.9% |
| 1986 | 67,430 ha | +27.8% |
| 1987 | 70,753 ha | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 73,198 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 86,330 ha | +17.9% |
| 1990 | 74,570 ha | -13.6% |
| 1991 | 81,420 ha | +9.2% |
| 1992 | 83,090 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 81,520 ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 97,880 ha | +20.1% |
| 1995 | 81,950 ha | -16.3% |
| 1996 | 87,588 ha | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 84,164 ha | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 79,278 ha | -5.8% |
| 1999 | 77,371 ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 87,745 ha | +13.4% |
| 2001 | 83,659 ha | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 89,473 ha | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 90,373 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 79,264 ha | -12.3% |
| 2005 | 88,424 ha | +11.6% |
| 2006 | 78,881 ha | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 73,195 ha | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 68,706 ha | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 68,730 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 65,580 ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 79,499 ha | +21.2% |
| 2012 | 57,440 ha | -27.7% |
| 2013 | 48,277 ha | -16.0% |
| 2014 | 42,510 ha | -11.9% |
| 2015 | 38,766 ha | -8.8% |
| 2016 | 30,545 ha | -21.2% |
| 2017 | 44,629 ha | +46.1% |
| 2018 | 29,016 ha | -35.0% |
| 2019 | 34,441 ha | +18.7% |
| 2020 | 28,469 ha | -17.3% |
| 2021 | 41,300 ha | +45.1% |
| 2022 | 35,163 ha | -14.9% |
| 2023 | 30,505 ha | -13.2% |
| 2024 | 33,339 ha | +9.3% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 33,339 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18,525 ha, 1.8× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 33,339 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,808 ha, 2.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 128,875 ha | 90,034 ha | 166,528 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 97,527 ha | 55,509 ha | 141,995 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 68,435 ha | 52,772 ha | 86,330 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 82,883 ha | 74,570 ha | 97,880 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 80,845 ha | 68,706 ha | 90,373 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 47,070 ha | 29,016 ha | 79,499 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,755 ha | 28,469 ha | 41,300 ha | 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Ecuador was 33,339 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 166,528 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,469 ha in 2020.
- How does Ecuador rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 90th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — 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.