Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 129 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — area harvested in Ecuador is 129 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 1,840 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Ecuador ranks 71st of 84 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sunflower seed — 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 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 0 ha | — |
| 1987 | 0 ha | — |
| 1988 | 0 ha | — |
| 1989 | 0 ha | — |
| 1990 | 150 ha | — |
| 1991 | 790 ha | +426.7% |
| 1992 | 1,840 ha | +132.9% |
| 1993 | 530 ha | -71.2% |
| 1994 | 110 ha | -79.2% |
| 1995 | 130 ha | +18.2% |
| 1996 | 146 ha | +12.3% |
| 1997 | 150 ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 120 ha | -20.0% |
| 1999 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 160 ha | +33.3% |
| 2002 | 165 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 170 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 175 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 180 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 170 ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 150 ha | -25.0% |
| 2010 | 156 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 157 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 165 ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 165 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 126 ha | -23.6% |
| 2015 | 119 ha | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 137 ha | +15.1% |
| 2017 | 127 ha | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 128 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 131 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 129 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 129 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 129 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 129 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 129 ha | +0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 129 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,918 ha, 2% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 129 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,910 ha, 3% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +426.7% | 150 ha | 790 ha |
| 1992 | +132.9% | 790 ha | 1,840 ha |
| 1994 | -79.2% | 530 ha | 110 ha |
| 1993 | -71.2% | 1,840 ha | 530 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 408.6 ha | 110 ha | 1,840 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 167 ha | 120 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 141.1 ha | 119 ha | 165 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 129 ha | 129 ha | 129 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 sunflower seed — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Ecuador was 129 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,840 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Ecuador rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 71st out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.