Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Ecuador
Ecuador: Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita was 0.0016 Square kilometres per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Ecuador, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Square kilometres per person.
Analysis
In 2023, land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Ecuador stood at 0.0016 Square kilometres per person. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Ecuador peaked at 0.0051 Square kilometres per person in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0.0016 Square kilometres per person, in 2023.
Ecuador ranks 81st of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0047 Square kilometres per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0045 Square kilometres per person | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0044 Square kilometres per person | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0043 Square kilometres per person | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0041 Square kilometres per person | -2.9% |
| 1966 | 0.004 Square kilometres per person | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0039 Square kilometres per person | -2.9% |
| 1968 | 0.0038 Square kilometres per person | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 0.0038 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 0.0037 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0037 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0037 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0036 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0037 Square kilometres per person | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0039 Square kilometres per person | +6.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0041 Square kilometres per person | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0044 Square kilometres per person | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0045 Square kilometres per person | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0047 Square kilometres per person | +2.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0049 Square kilometres per person | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 0.005 Square kilometres per person | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0051 Square kilometres per person | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0051 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0051 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 0.005 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.005 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.005 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0049 Square kilometres per person | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 0.0048 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 0.0047 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0046 Square kilometres per person | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0045 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0045 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0045 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0044 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0042 Square kilometres per person | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0042 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0041 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0041 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.004 Square kilometres per person | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0039 Square kilometres per person | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0037 Square kilometres per person | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0036 Square kilometres per person | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0037 Square kilometres per person | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0036 Square kilometres per person | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0035 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0035 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0034 Square kilometres per person | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 0.0034 Square kilometres per person | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0033 Square kilometres per person | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0031 Square kilometres per person | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0032 Square kilometres per person | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0031 Square kilometres per person | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0019 Square kilometres per person | -37.2% |
| 2015 | 0.002 Square kilometres per person | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0019 Square kilometres per person | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0019 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0018 Square kilometres per person | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0017 Square kilometres per person | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0017 Square kilometres per person | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0017 Square kilometres per person | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0017 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 0.0016 Square kilometres per person | -3.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.0016 Square kilometres per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0018 Square kilometres per person, 90% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.0016 Square kilometres per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0012 Square kilometres per person, 1.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Ecuador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -37.2% | 0.0031 Square kilometres per person | 0.0019 Square kilometres per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0042 Square kilometres per person | 0.0038 Square kilometres per person | 0.0047 Square kilometres per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.004 Square kilometres per person | 0.0036 Square kilometres per person | 0.0047 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.005 Square kilometres per person | 0.0048 Square kilometres per person | 0.0051 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0044 Square kilometres per person | 0.0041 Square kilometres per person | 0.0047 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0036 Square kilometres per person | 0.0034 Square kilometres per person | 0.004 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0024 Square kilometres per person | 0.0017 Square kilometres per person | 0.0033 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0017 Square kilometres per person | 0.0016 Square kilometres per person | 0.0017 Square kilometres per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 78 Portugal 0.002 Square kilometres per person compare
- 79 Ukraine 0.002 Square kilometres per person compare
- 80 Honduras 0.0018 Square kilometres per person compare
- 82 United Kingdom 0.0016 Square kilometres per person compare
- 83 Ghana 0.0015 Square kilometres per person compare
- 84 Albania 0.0015 Square kilometres per person compare
More environment data for Ecuador
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3767 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.4 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.49 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -0.5742 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -1.14 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Ecuador?
- Land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Ecuador was 0.0016 Square kilometres per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0051 Square kilometres per person in 1982.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0016 Square kilometres per person in 2023.
- How does Ecuador rank for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 81st out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.