Tomatoes — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 1,447 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — area harvested in Ecuador is 1,447 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.9% on the previous year and down 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 7,390 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 1,084 ha, in 1969.
That places Ecuador 94th out of 169 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.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,385 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,600 ha | +87.7% |
| 1963 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,826 ha | +8.7% |
| 1965 | 2,108 ha | -25.4% |
| 1966 | 2,814 ha | +33.5% |
| 1967 | 1,821 ha | -35.3% |
| 1968 | 1,594 ha | -12.5% |
| 1969 | 1,084 ha | -32.0% |
| 1970 | 1,157 ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 1,253 ha | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 1,730 ha | +38.1% |
| 1973 | 1,925 ha | +11.3% |
| 1974 | 2,052 ha | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 2,296 ha | +11.9% |
| 1976 | 2,600 ha | +13.2% |
| 1977 | 2,547 ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 2,965 ha | +16.4% |
| 1979 | 2,524 ha | -14.9% |
| 1980 | 2,564 ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 2,868 ha | +11.9% |
| 1982 | 2,314 ha | -19.3% |
| 1983 | 2,422 ha | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 3,738 ha | +54.3% |
| 1985 | 4,139 ha | +10.7% |
| 1986 | 4,811 ha | +16.2% |
| 1987 | 5,700 ha | +18.5% |
| 1988 | 6,780 ha | +18.9% |
| 1989 | 6,090 ha | -10.2% |
| 1990 | 5,610 ha | -7.9% |
| 1991 | 5,360 ha | -4.5% |
| 1992 | 7,130 ha | +33.0% |
| 1993 | 7,390 ha | +3.6% |
| 1994 | 5,770 ha | -21.9% |
| 1995 | 6,090 ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 5,691 ha | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 6,572 ha | +15.5% |
| 1998 | 6,310 ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 6,587 ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 2,989 ha | -54.6% |
| 2001 | 5,339 ha | +78.6% |
| 2002 | 2,908 ha | -45.5% |
| 2003 | 2,555 ha | -12.1% |
| 2004 | 3,235 ha | +26.6% |
| 2005 | 3,309 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 3,092 ha | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 2,628 ha | -15.0% |
| 2008 | 2,536 ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 2,259 ha | -10.9% |
| 2010 | 2,664 ha | +17.9% |
| 2011 | 1,583 ha | -40.6% |
| 2012 | 3,077 ha | +94.4% |
| 2013 | 1,325 ha | -56.9% |
| 2014 | 2,792 ha | +110.7% |
| 2015 | 2,346 ha | -16.0% |
| 2016 | 1,768 ha | -24.6% |
| 2017 | 1,954 ha | +10.5% |
| 2018 | 1,547 ha | -20.8% |
| 2019 | 1,401 ha | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 2,579 ha | +84.1% |
| 2021 | 1,650 ha | -36.0% |
| 2022 | 1,809 ha | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 1,366 ha | -24.5% |
| 2024 | 1,447 ha | +5.9% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,447 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,039 ha, 24% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,447 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 603 ha, 2.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,092 ha | 1,084 ha | 2,826 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,105 ha | 1,157 ha | 2,965 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,143 ha | 2,314 ha | 6,780 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,251 ha | 5,360 ha | 7,390 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,085 ha | 2,259 ha | 5,339 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,046 ha | 1,325 ha | 3,077 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,770 ha | 1,366 ha | 2,579 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 tomatoes — area harvested in Ecuador?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Ecuador was 1,447 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 7,390 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,084 ha in 1969.
- How does Ecuador rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 94th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.2%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.