Ecuador - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Ecuador was 968,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,753,000 in 1974 and a minimum value of 968,000 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 1,705,000
1962 1,705,000
1963 1,710,000
1964 1,710,000
1965 1,715,000
1966 1,715,000
1967 1,720,000
1968 1,715,000
1969 1,720,000
1970 1,725,000
1971 1,730,000
1972 1,735,000
1973 1,740,000
1974 1,753,000
1975 1,720,000
1976 1,680,000
1977 1,650,000
1978 1,610,000
1979 1,580,000
1980 1,542,000
1981 1,600,000
1982 1,552,000
1983 1,560,000
1984 1,575,000
1985 1,590,000
1986 1,605,000
1987 1,616,000
1988 1,625,000
1989 1,583,000
1990 1,604,000
1991 1,644,000
1992 1,633,000
1993 1,569,000
1994 1,621,000
1995 1,574,000
1996 1,607,000
1997 1,609,000
1998 1,602,000
1999 1,610,000
2000 1,616,000
2001 1,500,000
2002 1,360,000
2003 1,299,000
2004 1,277,000
2005 1,296,000
2006 1,233,000
2007 1,195,000
2008 1,236,000
2009 1,199,400
2010 1,186,400
2011 1,155,700
2012 1,147,900
2013 1,194,000
2014 970,000
2015 1,068,000
2016 976,000
2017 1,033,000
2018 968,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Ecuador was 0.057 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.365 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.057 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 0.365
1962 0.355
1963 0.346
1964 0.336
1965 0.327
1966 0.318
1967 0.309
1968 0.300
1969 0.292
1970 0.284
1971 0.277
1972 0.270
1973 0.263
1974 0.258
1975 0.246
1976 0.234
1977 0.223
1978 0.212
1979 0.203
1980 0.193
1981 0.195
1982 0.185
1983 0.181
1984 0.178
1985 0.175
1986 0.173
1987 0.170
1988 0.167
1989 0.158
1990 0.157
1991 0.157
1992 0.152
1993 0.143
1994 0.145
1995 0.137
1996 0.137
1997 0.135
1998 0.131
1999 0.129
2000 0.127
2001 0.116
2002 0.103
2003 0.097
2004 0.094
2005 0.094
2006 0.088
2007 0.084
2008 0.085
2009 0.081
2010 0.079
2011 0.076
2012 0.074
2013 0.076
2014 0.061
2015 0.066
2016 0.059
2017 0.062
2018 0.057

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Ecuador was 3.90 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 6.51 in 2000, while its lowest value was 3.90 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 6.16
1962 6.16
1963 6.18
1964 6.18
1965 6.19
1966 6.19
1967 6.21
1968 6.19
1969 6.21
1970 6.23
1971 6.25
1972 6.27
1973 6.29
1974 6.33
1975 6.21
1976 6.07
1977 5.96
1978 5.82
1979 5.71
1980 5.57
1981 5.78
1982 5.61
1983 5.64
1984 5.69
1985 5.74
1986 5.80
1987 5.84
1988 5.87
1989 5.72
1990 5.79
1991 5.94
1992 5.90
1993 5.67
1994 5.86
1995 5.69
1996 5.80
1997 5.81
1998 6.45
1999 6.48
2000 6.51
2001 6.04
2002 5.48
2003 5.23
2004 5.14
2005 5.22
2006 4.96
2007 4.81
2008 4.98
2009 4.83
2010 4.78
2011 4.65
2012 4.62
2013 4.81
2014 3.91
2015 4.30
2016 3.93
2017 4.16
2018 3.90

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use