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.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9853 | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 0.9829 | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 0.8146 | -17.1% |
| 1965 | 0.765 | -6.1% |
| 1966 | 0.8332 | +8.9% |
| 1967 | 0.8769 | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 0.8272 | -5.7% |
| 1969 | 0.8476 | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 0.8534 | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 0.8749 | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 0.9302 | +6.3% |
| 1973 | 0.9311 | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.8446 | -9.3% |
| 1975 | 0.8214 | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 0.8064 | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 0.7557 | -6.3% |
| 1978 | 0.8088 | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 0.8068 | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 0.7272 | -9.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7555 | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 0.7551 | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.9124 | +20.8% |
| 1984 | 0.8204 | -10.1% |
| 1985 | 0.7343 | -10.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7282 | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 0.7078 | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 0.6441 | -9.0% |
| 1989 | 0.6215 | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 0.597 | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 0.6913 | +15.8% |
| 1992 | 0.5548 | -19.7% |
| 1993 | 0.5101 | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 0.4663 | -8.6% |
| 1995 | 0.4727 | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 0.4516 | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 0.4333 | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 0.5034 | +16.2% |
| 1999 | 0.4158 | -17.4% |
| 2000 | 0.5085 | +22.3% |
| 2001 | 0.3983 | -21.7% |
| 2002 | 0.4001 | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.3503 | -12.4% |
| 2004 | 0.331 | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 0.3403 | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 0.3271 | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 0.3036 | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 0.3036 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.272 | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 0.2618 | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 0.2708 | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.2773 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.3156 | +13.8% |
| 2014 | 0.2223 | -29.5% |
| 2015 | 0.2269 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2363 | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 0.2395 | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.2335 | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.2336 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.243 | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2224 | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 0.2204 | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.2173 | -1.4% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.2173 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3111, 70% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.2173 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5184, 42% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
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 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More reference data data for Ecuador
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9379 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1826 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.74 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.18 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 13.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 23.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9943 (2050)
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).