Sorghum — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Sorghum — Area harvested was 8,373 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Ecuador is 8,373 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 8,611 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Ecuador 66th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 700 ha | — |
| 1977 | 600 ha | -14.3% |
| 1978 | 37 ha | -93.8% |
| 1979 | 103 ha | +178.4% |
| 1980 | 84 ha | -18.4% |
| 1981 | 180 ha | +114.3% |
| 1982 | 903 ha | +401.7% |
| 1983 | 170 ha | -81.2% |
| 1984 | 1,595 ha | +838.2% |
| 1985 | 8,611 ha | +439.9% |
| 1986 | 2,615 ha | -69.6% |
| 1987 | 2,736 ha | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 2,640 ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 2,660 ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 1,048 ha | -60.6% |
| 1991 | 3,980 ha | +279.8% |
| 1992 | 1,790 ha | -55.0% |
| 1993 | 1,180 ha | -34.1% |
| 1994 | 2,330 ha | +97.5% |
| 1995 | 300 ha | -87.1% |
| 1996 | 2,000 ha | +566.7% |
| 1997 | 45 ha | -97.8% |
| 1998 | 1,550 ha | +3344.4% |
| 1999 | 1,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 7,500 ha | +383.9% |
| 2001 | 7,300 ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 5,000 ha | -31.5% |
| 2003 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 7,400 ha | +48.0% |
| 2006 | 7,300 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 7,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 7,639 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 8,023 ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 7,942 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 8,075 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 8,077 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 8,518 ha | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 8,223 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 8,076 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 8,199 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 8,333 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 8,479 ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 8,337 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 8,383 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 8,399 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 8,373 ha | -0.3% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 8,373 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,373 ha, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 8,373 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,758 ha, 53% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +3344.4% | 45 ha | 1,550 ha |
| 1984 | +838.2% | 170 ha | 1,595 ha |
| 1996 | +566.7% | 300 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1985 | +439.9% | 1,595 ha | 8,611 ha |
| 1982 | +401.7% | 180 ha | 903 ha |
| 2000 | +383.9% | 1,550 ha | 7,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 144 ha | 0 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,219 ha | 84 ha | 8,611 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,577 ha | 45 ha | 3,980 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,710 ha | 5,000 ha | 7,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,110 ha | 7,639 ha | 8,518 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,394 ha | 8,337 ha | 8,479 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 sorghum — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Ecuador was 8,373 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 8,611 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Ecuador rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 66th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. 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 Sorghum — 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.