Country Overview Wheat Data Indicator (Source) Value Year Total Land (FAO) 248,360 km2 2012 Arable Land (FAO) 1,148,000 ha 2012 Wheat area (FAO) 5,974 ha 2014 Wheat area (USDA) 6,000 ha 2015 Wheat yield (FAO) t/ha 2014 Wheat yield (USDA) 1 t/ha 2015 Wheat production (FAO) 6,584 t 2014 Wheat production (USDA) 5,000 t 2015 Wheat total domestic consumption (USDA) 900,000 t 2015 Wheat domestic supply (FAO) 605,547 t 2011 Wheat imports (FAO) 565,268 t 2012 Wheat imports (USDA) 850,000 t 2015 Wheat exports (FAO) 1 t 2009 Wheat exports (USDA) 5,000 t 2015 Wheat seed production (FAO) 1,247 t 2013 Wheat Data Indicator (Source) Value Year Food supply - TOTAL kcal/capita/year (FAO) 2,477 2011 Food supply - CEREALS kcal/capita/year (FAO) 787 2011 Percentage of total daily calories from cereals (FAO) 32 % 2011 Food supply - WHEAT kcal/capita/year (FAO) 303 2011 Percentage of total daily calories from wheat (FAO) 12 % 2011 Total supply wheat (USDA) 1,057,000 t 2015 Beginning stocks (USDA) 202,000 t 2015 Ending stocks (USDA) 152,000 t 2015 Feed domestic consumption (USDA) 260,000 t 2015 Food, seed & industrial consumption (USDA) 640,000 t 2015 Demographic Data Indicator - year (Source) Year Value % Total population - (FAO) 2024 18,338,000 100% Total population projection - (FAO) 2020 17,416,000 94% Total population projection - (FAO) 2050 23,061,000 125% Urban population - (FAO) 2024 13,506,000 100% Urban population projection - (FAO) 2020 12,546,000 92% Urban population projection - (FAO) 2050 18,787,000 139% Rural Population - (FAO) 2024 4,831,000 100% Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2020 4,870,000 100% Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2050 4,274,000 88% Agricultural population - (FAO) 2020 1,225,000 100% Agricultural population projection - (FAO) 2020 1,225,000 100 % Undernourished Population - (FAO) 2014 9.82 % Human Development Index (UNDP) 2011 0.72 Literacy rate, adult total (WB) (percentage of people ages 15 and above) ECU 2,013 Life expectancy at birth, total (WB) (years) ECU 2,013 Demographic Data Indicator - year (Source) Value Year Population bellow US$ 1.25 - ECU (WB) 2013 % Multidimensional Poverty Index (UNDP) 0.009 2003 Unemployment total (WB) (percentage) 2,013 ECU GDP per capita (WB) (US$) 2,013 ECU GDP growth annual (WB) (percentage) 2,013 ECU Agriculture, value added (WB) (percentage of GDP) 2,013 ECU Fertilizer consumption (WB) (% of fertilizer production) 2,013 ECU Fertilizer consumption (WB) (kilograms per hectare of arable land) 2,013 ECU Nº of tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land (WB) 2,013 ECU Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people (WB) 2,013 ECU Internet users per 100 people (WB) This country is not found in our database or data is not available. External Links FAO Country Brief http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=ECU World Bank - country brief http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/ecuador Index Mundi - country brief http://www.indexmundi.com/ecuador/ Source FAO: Last update on August 15, 2015. USDA: Last update on August 15, 2015. UNDP: Last update on February 22, 2013. WB: Instant updates via API.