Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Ecuador
Ecuador: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.2173 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Ecuador, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Ecuador stood at 0.2173. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Ecuador peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.2173, in 2023.
That places Ecuador 127th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8814 | 0.765 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8433 | 0.7557 | 0.9311 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7407 | 0.6215 | 0.9124 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5096 | 0.4158 | 0.6913 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3535 | 0.272 | 0.5085 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2518 | 0.2223 | 0.3156 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2258 | 0.2173 | 0.243 | 4 |
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- Summer temperature anomalies 1.55 °C (2026)
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- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.6442 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.8108 °C (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Ecuador?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Ecuador was 0.2173 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2173 in 2023.
- How does Ecuador rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Ecuador ranks 127th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).