Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 77,084 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Ecuador stood at 77,084 ha.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 140,135 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 56,730 ha, in 1996.
That places Ecuador 44th out of 167 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91,154 ha | 63,708 ha | 122,340 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 96,456 ha | 83,231 ha | 115,106 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 92,014 ha | 79,790 ha | 107,988 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 87,260 ha | 56,730 ha | 110,329 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 89,996 ha | 77,523 ha | 107,425 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 103,225 ha | 87,168 ha | 122,538 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 107,635 ha | 75,951 ha | 140,135 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 41 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 84,480 ha compare
- 42 Zimbabwe 79,728 ha compare
- 43 Bangladesh 78,606 ha compare
- 45 El Salvador 76,307 ha compare
- 46 Nicaragua 73,028 ha compare
- 47 Honduras 73,009 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture share gdp 9.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 36.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 6.70 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 7.59 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Ecuador was 77,084 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 140,135 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,730 ha in 1996.
- How does Ecuador rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 44th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. 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 Crops Primary — 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.