Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador
Ecuador: Wheat — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0002 ha per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 0.0002 ha per person for wheat — area harvested, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.9% on the previous year and down 55.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador peaked at 0.0175 ha per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 ha per person, in 2024.
That places Ecuador 95th out of 110 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested, per capita in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0167 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0175 ha per person | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 0.0133 ha per person | -24.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0137 ha per person | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 0.013 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0119 ha per person | -8.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0141 ha per person | +18.8% |
| 1968 | 0.0137 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 0.0168 ha per person | +22.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0124 ha per person | -26.2% |
| 1971 | 0.012 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0086 ha per person | -28.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0069 ha per person | -19.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0081 ha per person | +17.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0099 ha per person | +21.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0104 ha per person | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0054 ha per person | -48.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0035 ha per person | -36.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0038 ha per person | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0039 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0044 ha per person | +12.8% |
| 1982 | 0.0038 ha per person | -13.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0029 ha per person | -24.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0027 ha per person | -7.3% |
| 1985 | 0.0019 ha per person | -27.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0043 ha per person | +121.3% |
| 1987 | 0.004 ha per person | -6.4% |
| 1988 | 0.0039 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0038 ha per person | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0036 ha per person | -4.6% |
| 1991 | 0.0028 ha per person | -21.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0037 ha per person | +32.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0034 ha per person | -8.2% |
| 1994 | 0.0028 ha per person | -17.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0025 ha per person | -13.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0028 ha per person | +14.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0027 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0025 ha per person | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0022 ha per person | -12.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0016 ha per person | -24.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0017 ha per person | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0012 ha per person | -31.7% |
| 2003 | 0.001 ha per person | -12.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0009 ha per person | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0008 ha per person | -9.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0007 ha per person | -17.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0008 ha per person | +13.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0007 ha per person | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0009 ha per person | +18.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0006 ha per person | -36.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0004 ha per person | -26.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0006 ha per person | +42.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0005 ha per person | -13.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0004 ha per person | -26.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0002 ha per person | -53.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0003 ha per person | +52.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0003 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0002 ha per person | -31.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0002 ha per person | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 0.0004 ha per person | +114.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0003 ha per person | -10.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0002 ha per person | -27.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0002 ha per person | -9.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0002 ha per person | -24.9% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.0002 ha per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0185 ha per person, 1% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.0002 ha per person is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0036 ha per person, 5% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +121.3% | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0043 ha per person |
| 2020 | +114.6% | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0145 ha per person | 0.0119 ha per person | 0.0175 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0081 ha per person | 0.0035 ha per person | 0.0124 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0036 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0044 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0029 ha per person | 0.0022 ha per person | 0.0037 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.001 ha per person | 0.0007 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
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 wheat — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador?
- Wheat — area harvested, per capita in Ecuador was 0.0002 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0175 ha per person in 1962.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Ecuador rank for wheat — area harvested, per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 95th out of 110 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wheat — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wheat — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wheat — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wheat — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.