Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ecuador
Ecuador: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 1.08 million An in 2024. β² Rising
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ecuador, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Ecuador stood at 1.08 million An.
That represents a change of down 7.0% on the previous year and down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Ecuador peaked at 1.50 million An in 2017 and was at its lowest, 237,804 An, in 1961.
Ecuador ranks 59th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 284,766 An | 237,804 An | 333,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 426,224 An | 351,000 An | 526,768 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 515,636 An | 440,420 An | 581,250 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 822,085 An | 764,424 An | 965,240 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.08 million An | 947,767 An | 1.30 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.28 million An | 1.02 million An | 1.50 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.12 million An | 1.05 million An | 1.20 million An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 57 Czechoslovakia 1.15 million An compare
- 58 Republic of Korea 1.11 million An compare
- 60 Japan 1.03 million An compare
- 61 South Sudan 966,271 An compare
- 62 Turkmenistan 909,318 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture share gdp 9.7 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.7 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
- Rural population 36.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 6.70 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.64 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas β Production 7.59 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Ecuador?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered in Ecuador was 1.08 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.50 million An in 2017.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 237,804 An in 1961.
- How does Ecuador rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered?
- Ecuador ranks 59th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary β producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.