Tea leaves — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Tea leaves — Area harvested was 1,104 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tea leaves — area harvested in Ecuador stood at 1,104 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea leaves — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 1,487 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 170 ha, in 1961.
Ecuador ranks 30th of 45 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tea leaves — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170 ha | — |
| 1962 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 400 ha | +100.0% |
| 1969 | 700 ha | +75.0% |
| 1970 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1971 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1972 | 1,100 ha | +22.2% |
| 1973 | 1,487 ha | +35.2% |
| 1974 | 1,200 ha | -19.3% |
| 1975 | 1,420 ha | +18.3% |
| 1976 | 1,470 ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 1,300 ha | -11.6% |
| 1978 | 1,322 ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 1,340 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 1,420 ha | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 1,410 ha | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 1,410 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 284 ha | -79.9% |
| 1984 | 500 ha | +76.1% |
| 1985 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 400 ha | -38.5% |
| 1988 | 412 ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 470 ha | +14.1% |
| 1990 | 960 ha | +104.3% |
| 1991 | 830 ha | -13.5% |
| 1992 | 820 ha | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 850 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 880 ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 800 ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 930 ha | +16.2% |
| 1997 | 927 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 920 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 920 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 815 ha | -11.4% |
| 2001 | 845 ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 920 ha | +8.9% |
| 2003 | 925 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 530 ha | -42.7% |
| 2005 | 870 ha | +64.2% |
| 2006 | 957 ha | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 1,010 ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 1,053 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 1,088 ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 1,114 ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 1,133 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 1,353 ha | +19.4% |
| 2013 | 1,087 ha | -19.7% |
| 2014 | 1,081 ha | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 1,072 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 1,059 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 1,046 ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 1,035 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,027 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 1,056 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 1,105 ha | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 1,105 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,106 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,104 ha | -0.2% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,104 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,144 ha, 97% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,104 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 723 ha, 1.5× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea leaves — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +104.3% | 470 ha | 960 ha |
| 1968 | +100.0% | 200 ha | 400 ha |
| 1983 | -79.9% | 1,410 ha | 284 ha |
| 1984 | +76.1% | 284 ha | 500 ha |
| 1969 | +75.0% | 400 ha | 700 ha |
| 2005 | +64.2% | 530 ha | 870 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 265.56 ha | 170 ha | 700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,234 ha | 800 ha | 1,487 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 755.6 ha | 284 ha | 1,420 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 883.7 ha | 800 ha | 960 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 901.3 ha | 530 ha | 1,088 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,101 ha | 1,027 ha | 1,353 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,095 ha | 1,056 ha | 1,106 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 27 Ethiopia PDR 1,850 ha compare
- 28 Malaysia 1,764 ha compare
- 29 Guatemala 1,144 ha compare
- 31 Madagascar 1,052 ha compare
- 32 South Africa 907 ha compare
- 33 Azerbaijan 740 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 tea leaves — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Tea leaves — area harvested in Ecuador was 1,104 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,487 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest tea leaves — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 170 ha in 1961.
- How does Ecuador rank for tea leaves — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 30th out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tea leaves — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. 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 Tea leaves — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.