Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 38,047 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Ecuador is 38,047 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 23.4% on the previous year and down 40.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 95,384 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 38,047 ha, in 2024.
That places Ecuador 88th out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 65,829 ha | — |
| 1962 | 64,210 ha | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 66,971 ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 70,839 ha | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 76,657 ha | +8.2% |
| 1966 | 78,071 ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 80,012 ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 80,566 ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 81,287 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 87,365 ha | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 95,384 ha | +9.2% |
| 1972 | 84,080 ha | -11.9% |
| 1973 | 84,272 ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 93,143 ha | +10.5% |
| 1975 | 79,802 ha | -14.3% |
| 1976 | 80,905 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 72,071 ha | -10.9% |
| 1978 | 58,210 ha | -19.2% |
| 1979 | 50,784 ha | -12.8% |
| 1980 | 59,777 ha | +17.7% |
| 1981 | 61,277 ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 60,524 ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 53,477 ha | -11.6% |
| 1984 | 64,253 ha | +20.2% |
| 1985 | 62,339 ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 77,180 ha | +23.8% |
| 1987 | 82,595 ha | +7.0% |
| 1988 | 72,020 ha | -12.8% |
| 1989 | 74,880 ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 78,527 ha | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 53,170 ha | -32.3% |
| 1992 | 88,470 ha | +66.4% |
| 1993 | 81,350 ha | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 89,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 91,400 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 89,198 ha | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 87,958 ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 75,978 ha | -13.6% |
| 1999 | 83,438 ha | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 69,937 ha | -16.2% |
| 2001 | 70,583 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 80,814 ha | +14.5% |
| 2003 | 75,764 ha | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 84,189 ha | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 76,947 ha | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 78,358 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 70,794 ha | -9.7% |
| 2008 | 71,393 ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 78,954 ha | +10.6% |
| 2010 | 70,870 ha | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 72,665 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 60,775 ha | -16.4% |
| 2013 | 76,954 ha | +26.6% |
| 2014 | 63,822 ha | -17.1% |
| 2015 | 60,064 ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 59,589 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 59,107 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 47,535 ha | -19.6% |
| 2019 | 46,096 ha | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 52,510 ha | +13.9% |
| 2021 | 49,285 ha | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 48,359 ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 49,676 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 38,047 ha | -23.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,827 ha | 64,210 ha | 81,287 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 78,602 ha | 50,784 ha | 95,384 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 66,832 ha | 53,477 ha | 82,595 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 81,849 ha | 53,170 ha | 91,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 75,773 ha | 69,937 ha | 84,189 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,748 ha | 46,096 ha | 76,954 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,575 ha | 38,047 ha | 52,510 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Ecuador was 38,047 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 95,384 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,047 ha in 2024.
- How does Ecuador rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 88th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.4%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.