Sesame seed — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 22 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — area harvested in Ecuador is 22 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 3,837 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 4 ha, in 1988.
Ecuador ranks 68th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 487 ha | — |
| 1962 | 560 ha | +15.0% |
| 1963 | 596 ha | +6.4% |
| 1964 | 967 ha | +62.2% |
| 1965 | 2,442 ha | +152.5% |
| 1966 | 2,519 ha | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 1,628 ha | -35.4% |
| 1968 | 2,952 ha | +81.3% |
| 1969 | 2,209 ha | -25.2% |
| 1970 | 2,695 ha | +22.0% |
| 1971 | 1,975 ha | -26.7% |
| 1972 | 2,982 ha | +51.0% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | -66.5% |
| 1974 | 1,933 ha | +93.3% |
| 1975 | 3,147 ha | +62.8% |
| 1976 | 3,837 ha | +21.9% |
| 1977 | 1,455 ha | -62.1% |
| 1978 | 800 ha | -45.0% |
| 1979 | 1,020 ha | +27.5% |
| 1980 | 950 ha | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 320 ha | -66.3% |
| 1982 | 300 ha | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 50 ha | -83.3% |
| 1984 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 70 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 623 ha | +790.0% |
| 1987 | 200 ha | -67.9% |
| 1988 | 4 ha | -98.0% |
| 1989 | 100 ha | +2400.0% |
| 1990 | 90 ha | -10.0% |
| 1991 | 80 ha | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 110 ha | +37.5% |
| 1993 | 220 ha | +100.0% |
| 1994 | 190 ha | -13.6% |
| 1995 | 12 ha | -93.7% |
| 1996 | 100 ha | +733.3% |
| 1997 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1998 | 110 ha | -26.7% |
| 1999 | 20 ha | -81.8% |
| 2000 | 25 ha | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 20 ha | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 35 ha | +75.0% |
| 2003 | 36 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 33 ha | -8.3% |
| 2005 | 30 ha | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 28 ha | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 28 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 29 ha | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 33 ha | +13.8% |
| 2010 | 26 ha | -21.2% |
| 2011 | 25 ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 25 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 24 ha | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 22 ha | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 22 ha | +0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 22 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,676 ha, 1% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 22 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,105 ha, 1% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +2400.0% | 4 ha | 100 ha |
| 1986 | +790.0% | 70 ha | 623 ha |
| 1996 | +733.3% | 12 ha | 100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,596 ha | 487 ha | 2,952 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,084 ha | 800 ha | 3,837 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 267.7 ha | 4 ha | 950 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 108.2 ha | 12 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29.7 ha | 20 ha | 36 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.2 ha | 22 ha | 26 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22 ha | 22 ha | 22 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 sesame seed — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Ecuador was 22 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 3,837 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 ha in 1988.
- How does Ecuador rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 68th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 Sesame seed — 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.