Agriculture
Total Area: 283,561 sq km
Land Area: 276,841 sq km
Water Area: 6,720 sq km
Climate description: tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands
Terrain description: coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente)
Arable Land Use: 4.51%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 5.38%
Irrigated Land: 8,534 sq km (2003)
Total Renewable Water Resources: 424.4 cu km (2011)
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 9.92 cu km/yr (13%/6%/81%)
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 716.1 cu m/yr (2005)
Natural Hazards description: frequent earthquakes; landslides; volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts
Environmental Current Issues: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes in ecologically sensitive areas of the Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands
Total Labor Force: 4.769 million (2012 est.)
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 27.6%
Agricultural Products description: bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca), plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products; fish, shrimp; balsa wood
Land Area: 276,841 sq km
Water Area: 6,720 sq km
Climate description: tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands
Terrain description: coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente)
Arable Land Use: 4.51%
Permanent Crop Land Use: 5.38%
Irrigated Land: 8,534 sq km (2003)
Total Renewable Water Resources: 424.4 cu km (2011)
Total Freshwater Withdrawal: 9.92 cu km/yr (13%/6%/81%)
Per Person Freshwater Withdrawal: 716.1 cu m/yr (2005)
Natural Hazards description: frequent earthquakes; landslides; volcanic activity; floods; periodic droughts
Environmental Current Issues: deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water pollution; pollution from oil production wastes in ecologically sensitive areas of the Amazon Basin and Galapagos Islands
Total Labor Force: 4.769 million (2012 est.)
% of Labor Force in Agriculture: 27.6%
Agricultural Products description: bananas, coffee, cocoa, rice, potatoes, manioc (tapioca), plantains, sugarcane; cattle, sheep, pigs, beef, pork, dairy products; fish, shrimp; balsa wood