Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Ecuador
Ecuador: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per was 0.0596 An per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Ecuador is 0.0596 An per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.8% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Ecuador peaked at 0.0895 An per person in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0504 An per person, in 1961.
Ecuador ranks 40th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0504 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0515 An per person | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0544 An per person | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 0.054 An per person | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0547 An per person | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0536 An per person | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0526 An per person | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 0.054 An per person | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0557 An per person | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0716 An per person | +28.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0655 An per person | -8.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0547 An per person | -16.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0522 An per person | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0562 An per person | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0559 An per person | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0578 An per person | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0617 An per person | +6.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0643 An per person | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0663 An per person | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0539 An per person | -18.6% |
| 1981 | 0.054 An per person | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0544 An per person | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0549 An per person | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0557 An per person | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0576 An per person | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0572 An per person | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0576 An per person | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0581 An per person | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0562 An per person | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 0.074 An per person | +31.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0714 An per person | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0708 An per person | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0699 An per person | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 0.068 An per person | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0677 An per person | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0707 An per person | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0698 An per person | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0759 An per person | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0774 An per person | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.079 An per person | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0734 An per person | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0779 An per person | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0777 An per person | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0767 An per person | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0739 An per person | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0733 An per person | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0798 An per person | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0834 An per person | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0877 An per person | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0845 An per person | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0858 An per person | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0835 An per person | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0808 An per person | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0704 An per person | -12.9% |
| 2015 | 0.063 An per person | -10.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0762 An per person | +21.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0895 An per person | +17.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0821 An per person | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0752 An per person | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0629 An per person | -16.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0591 An per person | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0671 An per person | +13.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0646 An per person | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0596 An per person | -7.8% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.0596 An per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0353 An per person, 1.7× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.0596 An per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0288 An per person, 2.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +31.7% | 0.0562 An per person | 0.074 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0534 An per person | 0.0504 An per person | 0.0557 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0606 An per person | 0.0522 An per person | 0.0716 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.056 An per person | 0.0539 An per person | 0.0581 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0716 An per person | 0.0677 An per person | 0.0774 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0783 An per person | 0.0733 An per person | 0.0877 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0791 An per person | 0.063 An per person | 0.0895 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0626 An per person | 0.0591 An per person | 0.0671 An per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Ecuador?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per in Ecuador was 0.0596 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0895 An per person in 2017.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0504 An per person in 1961.
- How does Ecuador rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per?
- Ecuador ranks 40th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary — producing animals/slaughtered, per rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.