Agriculture & Rural in Ecuador

32 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Ecuador.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% 2024 down 10.2% 36th
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% 2024 down 21.9% 142nd
Rural population 36.6% 2025 down 1.2% 103rd
Rural population growth 0.4% 2025 down 67.9% 87th
Rural population 6.70 million 2025 up 11.1% 73rd
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.7% 2025 up 21.0% 76th
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.64 billion current US$ 2025 up 62.2% 47th
Land under cereal production 696,223 hectares 2024 down 20.4% 91st
Cereal yield 4,007 kg per hectare 2024 up 24.6% 67th
Cereal production 2.79 million metric tons 2024 down 0.9% 83rd
Fertilizer consumption 216.91 kilograms per hectare of arable land 2023 down 8.2% 32nd
Land area 248,360 sq. km 2023 unchanged 77th
Agricultural land 53,500 sq. km 2023 down 28.8% 85th
Agricultural land 21.5% 2023 down 28.8% 147th
Arable land 1.03 million hectares 2023 down 13.9% 105th
Permanent cropland 5.6% 2023 down 6.1% 49th
Arable land 4.1% 2023 down 13.9% 147th
Arable land 0.0572 hectares per person 2023 down 24.3% 146th
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) 30.8% 2025 up 35.8% 59th
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) 33.7% 2025 up 10.8% 50th
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) 32.5% 2025 up 18.9% 54th
Average precipitation in depth 2,274 mm per year 2022 unchanged 23rd
Crop production index 100.03 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 6.4% 130th
Food production index 98.86 2014-2016 = 100 2022 up 3.5% 149th
Livestock production index 93.93 2014-2016 = 100 2022 down 1.8% 162nd
Forest area 49.5% 2023 down 4.6% 55th
Forest area 123,050 sq. km 2023 down 4.6% 49th
Fertilizer consumption 2,436.2% 1984 up 257.7% 9th
Annual freshwater withdrawals, agriculture 81.4% 2022 unchanged 47th
Surface area 256,370 sq. km 2023 unchanged 77th
Access to electricity, rural 95.9% 2024 down 1.6% 141st
Agricultural irrigated land 21.1% 2023 up 67.9% 13th