Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Ecuador

Arable land in Ecuador in 2023 — 1,028,000 ha. Ranked 105 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 39.7%.

2023 1.03M ha +5.54% vs 2022
World rank 105of 206
Period maximum 1.75M ha1974
Period minimum 968,000 ha2018

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Ecuador, 1961–2023800,0001M1.2M1.4M1.6M1.8M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 1,705,000 ha1963: 1,710,000 ha1965: 1,715,000 ha1967: 1,720,000 ha1969: 1,720,000 ha1971: 1,730,000 ha1973: 1,740,000 ha1975: 1,720,000 ha1977: 1,650,000 ha1979: 1,580,000 ha1981: 1,600,000 ha1983: 1,560,000 ha1985: 1,590,000 ha1987: 1,616,000 ha1989: 1,583,000 ha1991: 1,644,000 ha1993: 1,569,000 ha1995: 1,574,000 ha1997: 1,609,000 ha1999: 1,610,000 ha2001: 1,500,000 ha2003: 1,299,000 ha2005: 1,296,000 ha2007: 1,195,000 ha2009: 1,199,400 ha2011: 1,155,700 ha2013: 1,194,000 ha2015: 1,068,000 ha2017: 1,033,000 ha2019: 989,000 ha2021: 1,024,000 ha2023: 1,028,000 ha
Change over the period: −677,000 (−39.71%) Average annual rate: -0.81 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ecuador

Ecuador 1.03M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Latin America & Caribbean computed 151M ha
South America computed 120M ha
Arable land — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 1.03M +54,000 +5.54%
2022 974,000 −50,000 −4.88%
2021 1.02M −14,000 −1.35%
2020 1.04M +49,000 +4.95%
2019 989,000 +21,000 +2.17%
2018 968,000 −65,000 −6.29%
2017 1.03M +57,000 +5.84%
2016 976,000 −92,000 −8.61%
2015 1.07M +98,000 +10.1%
2014 970,000 −224,000 −18.76%
2013 1.19M +46,100 +4.02%
2012 1.15M −7,800 −0.67%
2011 1.16M −30,700 −2.59%
2010 1.19M −13,000 −1.08%
2009 1.2M −36,600 −2.96%
2008 1.24M +41,000 +3.43%
2007 1.2M −38,000 −3.08%
2006 1.23M −63,000 −4.86%
2005 1.3M +19,000 +1.49%
2004 1.28M −22,000 −1.69%
2003 1.3M −61,000 −4.49%
2002 1.36M −140,000 −9.33%
2001 1.5M −116,000 −7.18%
2000 1.62M +6,000 +0.37%
1999 1.61M +8,000 +0.5%
1998 1.6M −7,000 −0.44%
1997 1.61M +2,000 +0.12%
1996 1.61M +33,000 +2.1%
1995 1.57M −47,000 −2.9%
1994 1.62M +52,000 +3.31%
1993 1.57M −64,000 −3.92%
1992 1.63M −11,000 −0.67%
1991 1.64M +40,000 +2.49%
1990 1.6M +21,000 +1.33%
1989 1.58M −42,000 −2.58%
1988 1.63M +9,000 +0.56%
1987 1.62M +11,000 +0.69%
1986 1.61M +15,000 +0.94%
1985 1.59M +15,000 +0.95%
1984 1.58M +15,000 +0.96%
1983 1.56M +8,000 +0.52%
1982 1.55M −48,000 −3%
1981 1.6M +58,000 +3.76%
1980 1.54M −38,000 −2.41%
1979 1.58M −30,000 −1.86%
1978 1.61M −40,000 −2.42%
1977 1.65M −30,000 −1.79%
1976 1.68M −40,000 −2.33%
1975 1.72M −33,000 −1.88%
1974 1.75M +13,000 +0.75%
1973 1.74M +5,000 +0.29%
1972 1.74M +5,000 +0.29%
1971 1.73M +5,000 +0.29%
1970 1.73M +5,000 +0.29%
1969 1.72M +5,000 +0.29%
1968 1.72M −5,000 −0.29%
1967 1.72M +5,000 +0.29%
1966 1.72M +0 +0%
1965 1.72M +5,000 +0.29%
1964 1.71M +0 +0%
1963 1.71M +5,000 +0.29%
1962 1.71M +0 +0%
1961 1.71M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.