Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ecuador
Ecuador: Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2.46 million An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Ecuador stood at 2.46 million An.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.4% on the previous year and down 24.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Ecuador peaked at 3.25 million An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 558,532 An, in 1963.
That places Ecuador 49th out of 172 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 670,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 705,000 An | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 558,532 An | -20.8% |
| 1964 | 591,005 An | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 623,063 An | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 630,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 635,000 An | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 647,000 An | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 650,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 665,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 680,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 702,500 An | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 755,200 An | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 810,000 An | +7.3% |
| 1975 | 872,500 An | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 937,900 An | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 1.00 million An | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 1.14 million An | +13.8% |
| 1979 | 1.26 million An | +10.3% |
| 1980 | 1.39 million An | +10.3% |
| 1981 | 1.18 million An | -14.8% |
| 1982 | 1.26 million An | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 1.30 million An | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 1.38 million An | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 1.44 million An | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 1.51 million An | +4.6% |
| 1987 | 1.50 million An | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 1.45 million An | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 1.43 million An | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 1.57 million An | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 1.70 million An | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 1.82 million An | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 1.80 million An | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 1.83 million An | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 1.97 million An | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 2.29 million An | +16.2% |
| 1997 | 2.37 million An | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 2.12 million An | -10.7% |
| 1999 | 2.18 million An | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 2.25 million An | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 1.99 million An | -11.7% |
| 2002 | 2.07 million An | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 2.30 million An | +11.3% |
| 2004 | 2.79 million An | +21.2% |
| 2005 | 2.03 million An | -27.4% |
| 2006 | 2.14 million An | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 2.18 million An | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 1.98 million An | -9.3% |
| 2009 | 2.39 million An | +20.9% |
| 2010 | 2.53 million An | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 3.11 million An | +22.9% |
| 2012 | 1.98 million An | -36.5% |
| 2013 | 2.07 million An | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 3.25 million An | +56.8% |
| 2015 | 2.78 million An | -14.3% |
| 2016 | 2.05 million An | -26.2% |
| 2017 | 1.90 million An | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 2.10 million An | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 1.90 million An | -9.5% |
| 2020 | 1.70 million An | -10.5% |
| 2021 | 1.60 million An | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 2.06 million An | +28.4% |
| 2023 | 2.15 million An | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 2.46 million An | +14.4% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 2.46 million An is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 133,389 An, 18.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 2.46 million An is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 156,472 An, 15.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 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 | +56.8% | 2.07 million An | 3.25 million An |
| 2012 | -36.5% | 3.11 million An | 1.98 million An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 634,400 An | 558,532 An | 705,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 882,860 An | 665,000 An | 1.26 million An | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.38 million An | 1.18 million An | 1.51 million An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.97 million An | 1.57 million An | 2.37 million An | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.21 million An | 1.98 million An | 2.79 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.37 million An | 1.90 million An | 3.25 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.99 million An | 1.60 million An | 2.46 million An | 5 |
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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 fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Ecuador?
- Fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Ecuador was 2.46 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 3.25 million An in 2014.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 558,532 An in 1963.
- How does Ecuador rank for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Ecuador ranks 49th out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.2%. 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 Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.