Rice — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Rice — Area harvested was 402,235 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Ecuador stood at 402,235 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.3% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 421,548 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 56,587 ha, in 1971.
Ecuador ranks 28th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 94,646 ha | — |
| 1962 | 111,751 ha | +18.1% |
| 1963 | 113,059 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 108,911 ha | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 102,806 ha | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 110,625 ha | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 113,510 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 111,820 ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 91,672 ha | -18.0% |
| 1970 | 86,593 ha | -5.5% |
| 1971 | 56,587 ha | -34.7% |
| 1972 | 91,393 ha | +61.5% |
| 1973 | 84,757 ha | -7.3% |
| 1974 | 102,687 ha | +21.2% |
| 1975 | 122,371 ha | +19.2% |
| 1976 | 134,790 ha | +10.1% |
| 1977 | 107,054 ha | -20.6% |
| 1978 | 81,300 ha | -24.1% |
| 1979 | 110,875 ha | +36.4% |
| 1980 | 126,608 ha | +14.2% |
| 1981 | 131,275 ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 131,720 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 94,851 ha | -28.0% |
| 1984 | 139,080 ha | +46.6% |
| 1985 | 149,897 ha | +7.8% |
| 1986 | 227,843 ha | +52.0% |
| 1987 | 275,900 ha | +21.1% |
| 1988 | 287,618 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 277,590 ha | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 269,190 ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 207,030 ha | -23.1% |
| 1992 | 309,600 ha | +49.5% |
| 1993 | 356,210 ha | +15.1% |
| 1994 | 379,960 ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 395,600 ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 392,570 ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 410,240 ha | +4.5% |
| 1998 | 325,329 ha | -20.7% |
| 1999 | 366,130 ha | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 338,652 ha | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 348,886 ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 369,798 ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 357,564 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 421,548 ha | +17.9% |
| 2005 | 377,300 ha | -10.5% |
| 2006 | 357,558 ha | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 398,151 ha | +11.4% |
| 2008 | 354,841 ha | -10.9% |
| 2009 | 394,813 ha | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 393,100 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 330,000 ha | -16.1% |
| 2012 | 371,200 ha | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 396,800 ha | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 354,100 ha | -10.8% |
| 2015 | 375,100 ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 366,200 ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 358,100 ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 298,300 ha | -16.7% |
| 2019 | 257,300 ha | -13.7% |
| 2020 | 312,900 ha | +21.6% |
| 2021 | 340,300 ha | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 337,823 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 343,050 ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 402,235 ha | +17.3% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 402,235 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 40,875 ha, 9.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 402,235 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 50,796 ha, 7.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 106,533 ha | 91,672 ha | 113,510 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 97,841 ha | 56,587 ha | 134,790 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 184,238 ha | 94,851 ha | 287,618 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 341,186 ha | 207,030 ha | 410,240 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 371,911 ha | 338,652 ha | 421,548 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 350,020 ha | 257,300 ha | 396,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 347,262 ha | 312,900 ha | 402,235 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 rice — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Rice — area harvested in Ecuador was 402,235 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 421,548 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,587 ha in 1971.
- How does Ecuador rank for rice — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 28th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. 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 Rice — 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.