Soya beans — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Soya beans — Area harvested was 18,746 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in Ecuador is 18,746 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 116.3% on the previous year and down 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 90,020 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 60 ha, in 1961.
That places Ecuador 54th out of 107 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.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60 ha | — |
| 1962 | 65 ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 70 ha | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 75 ha | +7.1% |
| 1965 | 80 ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 150 ha | +87.5% |
| 1968 | 80 ha | -46.7% |
| 1969 | 511 ha | +538.8% |
| 1970 | 610 ha | +19.4% |
| 1971 | 949 ha | +55.6% |
| 1972 | 725 ha | -23.6% |
| 1973 | 1,200 ha | +65.5% |
| 1974 | 3,083 ha | +156.9% |
| 1975 | 8,216 ha | +166.5% |
| 1976 | 10,023 ha | +22.0% |
| 1977 | 14,830 ha | +48.0% |
| 1978 | 16,927 ha | +14.1% |
| 1979 | 22,233 ha | +31.3% |
| 1980 | 24,943 ha | +12.2% |
| 1981 | 21,100 ha | -15.4% |
| 1982 | 21,325 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 10,053 ha | -52.9% |
| 1984 | 28,364 ha | +182.1% |
| 1985 | 34,661 ha | +22.2% |
| 1986 | 39,306 ha | +13.4% |
| 1987 | 81,100 ha | +106.3% |
| 1988 | 72,650 ha | -10.4% |
| 1989 | 82,284 ha | +13.3% |
| 1990 | 83,880 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 50,000 ha | -40.4% |
| 1992 | 83,690 ha | +67.4% |
| 1993 | 81,400 ha | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 90,020 ha | +10.6% |
| 1995 | 83,150 ha | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 61,667 ha | -25.8% |
| 1997 | 8,293 ha | -86.6% |
| 1998 | 8,065 ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 42,373 ha | +425.4% |
| 2000 | 55,156 ha | +30.2% |
| 2001 | 59,960 ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 54,662 ha | -8.8% |
| 2003 | 62,262 ha | +13.9% |
| 2004 | 64,660 ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 30,362 ha | -53.0% |
| 2006 | 20,000 ha | -34.1% |
| 2007 | 32,000 ha | +60.0% |
| 2008 | 40,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 2009 | 41,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 43,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 48,000 ha | +11.6% |
| 2012 | 39,000 ha | -18.8% |
| 2013 | 41,000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 26,517 ha | -35.3% |
| 2015 | 22,493 ha | -15.2% |
| 2016 | 26,280 ha | +16.8% |
| 2017 | 28,021 ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 23,134 ha | -17.4% |
| 2019 | 27,020 ha | +16.8% |
| 2020 | 19,682 ha | -27.2% |
| 2021 | 18,807 ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 22,113 ha | +17.6% |
| 2023 | 8,665 ha | -60.8% |
| 2024 | 18,746 ha | +116.3% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 18,746 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,182 ha, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 18,746 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,155 ha, 1.8× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +538.8% | 80 ha | 511 ha |
| 1999 | +425.4% | 8,065 ha | 42,373 ha |
| 1984 | +182.1% | 10,053 ha | 28,364 ha |
| 1975 | +166.5% | 3,083 ha | 8,216 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 130.11 ha | 60 ha | 511 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,880 ha | 610 ha | 22,233 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 41,579 ha | 10,053 ha | 82,284 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 59,254 ha | 8,065 ha | 90,020 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,006 ha | 20,000 ha | 64,660 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,446 ha | 22,493 ha | 48,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,603 ha | 8,665 ha | 22,113 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 soya beans — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Ecuador was 18,746 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 90,020 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 ha in 1961.
- How does Ecuador rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 54th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.3%. 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 Soya beans — 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.