Wheat — Area harvested in Ecuador
Ecuador: Wheat — Area harvested was 3,057 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Ecuador stood at 3,057 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.2% on the previous year and down 49.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Ecuador peaked at 100,231 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 2,865 ha, in 2015.
Ecuador ranks 102nd of 124 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Area harvested in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 78,770 ha | — |
| 1962 | 85,225 ha | +8.2% |
| 1963 | 66,578 ha | -21.9% |
| 1964 | 70,643 ha | +6.1% |
| 1965 | 68,900 ha | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 65,004 ha | -5.7% |
| 1967 | 79,585 ha | +22.4% |
| 1968 | 79,399 ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 100,231 ha | +26.2% |
| 1970 | 76,230 ha | -23.9% |
| 1971 | 75,960 ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 56,054 ha | -26.2% |
| 1973 | 46,504 ha | -17.0% |
| 1974 | 56,261 ha | +21.0% |
| 1975 | 70,233 ha | +24.8% |
| 1976 | 76,471 ha | +8.9% |
| 1977 | 40,900 ha | -46.5% |
| 1978 | 26,878 ha | -34.3% |
| 1979 | 30,366 ha | +13.0% |
| 1980 | 32,100 ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 37,187 ha | +15.8% |
| 1982 | 33,058 ha | -11.1% |
| 1983 | 25,754 ha | -22.1% |
| 1984 | 24,499 ha | -4.9% |
| 1985 | 18,116 ha | -26.1% |
| 1986 | 41,100 ha | +126.9% |
| 1987 | 39,400 ha | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 39,440 ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 38,460 ha | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 37,540 ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 29,950 ha | -20.2% |
| 1992 | 40,600 ha | +35.6% |
| 1993 | 38,040 ha | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 32,190 ha | -15.4% |
| 1995 | 28,430 ha | -11.7% |
| 1996 | 33,080 ha | +16.4% |
| 1997 | 32,300 ha | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 30,519 ha | -5.5% |
| 1999 | 27,154 ha | -11.0% |
| 2000 | 20,873 ha | -23.1% |
| 2001 | 22,346 ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 15,529 ha | -30.5% |
| 2003 | 13,849 ha | -10.8% |
| 2004 | 12,684 ha | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 11,674 ha | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 9,747 ha | -16.5% |
| 2007 | 11,291 ha | +15.8% |
| 2008 | 10,908 ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 13,130 ha | +20.4% |
| 2010 | 8,533 ha | -35.0% |
| 2011 | 6,420 ha | -24.8% |
| 2012 | 9,318 ha | +45.1% |
| 2013 | 8,147 ha | -12.6% |
| 2014 | 6,082 ha | -25.3% |
| 2015 | 2,865 ha | -52.9% |
| 2016 | 4,423 ha | +54.4% |
| 2017 | 4,490 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 3,149 ha | -29.9% |
| 2019 | 3,085 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 6,698 ha | +117.1% |
| 2021 | 6,038 ha | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 4,395 ha | -27.2% |
| 2023 | 4,035 ha | -8.2% |
| 2024 | 3,057 ha | -24.2% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 3,057 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 317,739 ha, 1% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 3,057 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 198,067 ha, 2% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +126.9% | 18,116 ha | 41,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 77,148 ha | 65,004 ha | 100,231 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,586 ha | 26,878 ha | 76,471 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,911 ha | 18,116 ha | 41,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,980 ha | 27,154 ha | 40,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,203 ha | 9,747 ha | 22,346 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,651 ha | 2,865 ha | 9,318 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,845 ha | 3,057 ha | 6,698 ha | 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 in Ecuador?
- Wheat — area harvested in Ecuador was 3,057 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 100,231 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,865 ha in 2015.
- How does Ecuador rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 102nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.7%. 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 Wheat — 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.