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 40th out of 155 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 Crops Primary — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,708 ha | — |
| 1962 | 64,722 ha | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 71,993 ha | +11.2% |
| 1964 | 93,750 ha | +30.2% |
| 1965 | 97,207 ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 112,825 ha | +16.1% |
| 1967 | 108,309 ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 122,340 ha | +13.0% |
| 1969 | 85,528 ha | -30.1% |
| 1970 | 83,518 ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 83,231 ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 88,776 ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 89,601 ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 101,271 ha | +13.0% |
| 1975 | 115,106 ha | +13.7% |
| 1976 | 85,951 ha | -25.3% |
| 1977 | 109,442 ha | +27.3% |
| 1978 | 104,382 ha | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 103,285 ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 107,988 ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 104,710 ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 92,960 ha | -11.2% |
| 1983 | 80,566 ha | -13.3% |
| 1984 | 89,674 ha | +11.3% |
| 1985 | 87,959 ha | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 97,863 ha | +11.3% |
| 1987 | 98,170 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 79,790 ha | -18.7% |
| 1989 | 80,460 ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 85,230 ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 88,670 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 93,220 ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 100,230 ha | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 105,890 ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 106,550 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 56,730 ha | -46.8% |
| 1997 | 58,497 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 110,329 ha | +88.6% |
| 1999 | 67,249 ha | -39.0% |
| 2000 | 77,794 ha | +15.7% |
| 2001 | 78,446 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 77,523 ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 84,694 ha | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 92,658 ha | +9.4% |
| 2005 | 94,466 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 91,776 ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 97,417 ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 97,765 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 107,425 ha | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 107,612 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 87,168 ha | -19.0% |
| 2012 | 95,911 ha | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 101,747 ha | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 97,613 ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 103,365 ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 105,379 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 111,332 ha | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 99,588 ha | -10.5% |
| 2019 | 122,538 ha | +23.0% |
| 2020 | 140,135 ha | +14.4% |
| 2021 | 131,127 ha | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 113,876 ha | -13.2% |
| 2023 | 75,951 ha | -33.3% |
| 2024 | 77,084 ha | +1.5% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 77,084 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 34,880 ha, 2.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 77,084 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 26,844 ha, 2.9× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 | +88.6% | 58,497 ha | 110,329 ha |
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
- 37 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 84,480 ha compare
- 38 Zimbabwe 79,728 ha compare
- 39 Bangladesh 78,606 ha compare
- 41 El Salvador 76,307 ha compare
- 42 Nicaragua 73,028 ha compare
- 43 Honduras 73,009 ha compare
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 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 40th out of 155 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.