Sugar cane — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 76,356 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar cane — area harvested in Ecuador is 76,356 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 139,406 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 56,380 ha, in 1996.
That places Ecuador 27th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,493 ha | — |
| 1962 | 64,506 ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 71,724 ha | +11.2% |
| 1964 | 93,459 ha | +30.3% |
| 1965 | 96,930 ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 112,532 ha | +16.1% |
| 1967 | 108,012 ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 121,833 ha | +12.8% |
| 1969 | 85,000 ha | -30.2% |
| 1970 | 83,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 83,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 88,421 ha | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 89,174 ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 100,810 ha | +13.0% |
| 1975 | 114,642 ha | +13.7% |
| 1976 | 85,375 ha | -25.5% |
| 1977 | 109,300 ha | +28.0% |
| 1978 | 104,253 ha | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 103,085 ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 107,758 ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 104,369 ha | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 92,259 ha | -11.6% |
| 1983 | 79,913 ha | -13.4% |
| 1984 | 88,848 ha | +11.2% |
| 1985 | 87,196 ha | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 97,125 ha | +11.4% |
| 1987 | 97,447 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 79,570 ha | -18.3% |
| 1989 | 80,170 ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 85,170 ha | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 88,530 ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 92,960 ha | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 99,820 ha | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 105,600 ha | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 106,210 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 56,380 ha | -46.9% |
| 1997 | 57,950 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 110,000 ha | +89.8% |
| 1999 | 66,921 ha | -39.2% |
| 2000 | 77,375 ha | +15.6% |
| 2001 | 78,050 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 76,566 ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 83,717 ha | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 92,148 ha | +10.1% |
| 2005 | 93,930 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 91,236 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 96,817 ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 97,165 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 106,825 ha | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 106,928 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 86,455 ha | -19.1% |
| 2012 | 95,239 ha | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 101,066 ha | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 96,892 ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 102,616 ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 104,661 ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 110,603 ha | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 98,856 ha | -10.6% |
| 2019 | 121,812 ha | +23.2% |
| 2020 | 139,406 ha | +14.4% |
| 2021 | 130,398 ha | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 113,148 ha | -13.2% |
| 2023 | 75,222 ha | -33.5% |
| 2024 | 76,356 ha | +1.5% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 76,356 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha, 1.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 76,356 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,500 ha, 2.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 | +89.8% | 57,950 ha | 110,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90,832 ha | 63,493 ha | 121,833 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 96,106 ha | 83,000 ha | 114,642 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 91,466 ha | 79,570 ha | 107,758 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 86,954 ha | 56,380 ha | 110,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 89,383 ha | 76,566 ha | 106,825 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 102,513 ha | 86,455 ha | 121,812 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 106,906 ha | 75,222 ha | 139,406 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Ecuador was 76,356 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 139,406 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,380 ha in 1996.
- How does Ecuador rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 27th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.2%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.