Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 2,096 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Ecuador stood at 2,096 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 5,309 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 260 ha, in 1995.
That places Ecuador 62nd out of 113 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.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,309 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 4,549 ha | -14.3% |
| 1964 | 3,872 ha | -14.9% |
| 1965 | 3,159 ha | -18.4% |
| 1966 | 3,179 ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 2,155 ha | -32.2% |
| 1968 | 2,227 ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 2,867 ha | +28.7% |
| 1970 | 2,850 ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 2,287 ha | -19.8% |
| 1972 | 3,081 ha | +34.7% |
| 1973 | 2,196 ha | -28.7% |
| 1974 | 2,110 ha | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 2,738 ha | +29.8% |
| 1976 | 2,777 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 1,348 ha | -51.5% |
| 1978 | 849 ha | -37.0% |
| 1979 | 832 ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 615 ha | -26.1% |
| 1981 | 722 ha | +17.4% |
| 1982 | 984 ha | +36.3% |
| 1983 | 1,279 ha | +30.0% |
| 1984 | 1,556 ha | +21.7% |
| 1985 | 796 ha | -48.8% |
| 1986 | 714 ha | -10.3% |
| 1987 | 603 ha | -15.5% |
| 1988 | 1,390 ha | +130.5% |
| 1989 | 1,750 ha | +25.9% |
| 1990 | 687 ha | -60.7% |
| 1991 | 700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 330 ha | -52.9% |
| 1993 | 290 ha | -12.1% |
| 1994 | 340 ha | +17.2% |
| 1995 | 260 ha | -23.5% |
| 1996 | 378 ha | +45.4% |
| 1997 | 288 ha | -23.8% |
| 1998 | 328 ha | +13.9% |
| 1999 | 337 ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 342 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 359 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 2,908 ha | +710.0% |
| 2003 | 2,069 ha | -28.9% |
| 2004 | 835 ha | -59.6% |
| 2005 | 1,314 ha | +57.4% |
| 2006 | 1,600 ha | +21.8% |
| 2007 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 1,812 ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 1,828 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 1,837 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1,926 ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 2,080 ha | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 2,163 ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 2,056 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 2,100 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 2,107 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,088 ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 2,098 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,097 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,094 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,097 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,096 ha | -0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 2,096 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,598 ha, 81% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 2,096 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 565 ha, 3.7× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +710.0% | 359 ha | 2,908 ha |
| 1988 | +130.5% | 603 ha | 1,390 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,624 ha | 2,155 ha | 5,309 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,107 ha | 832 ha | 3,081 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,041 ha | 603 ha | 1,750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 393.8 ha | 260 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,483 ha | 342 ha | 2,908 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,000 ha | 1,812 ha | 2,163 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,096 ha | 2,094 ha | 2,098 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Ecuador was 2,096 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 5,309 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 260 ha in 1995.
- How does Ecuador rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 62nd out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.