Meat — Food in Ecuador
Ecuador: Meat — Food was 1,011 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Food in Ecuador, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, meat — food in Ecuador stood at 1,011 1000 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.1% on the previous year and up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food in Ecuador peaked at 1,011 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 810 1000 t, in 2019.
Ecuador ranks 52nd of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat — Food in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 816 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 828 1000 t | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 827 1000 t | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 848 1000 t | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 898 1000 t | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 871 1000 t | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 824 1000 t | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 833 1000 t | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 840 1000 t | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 810 1000 t | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 935 1000 t | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 961 1000 t | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 962 1000 t | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,011 1000 t | +5.1% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1,011 1000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 377 1000 t, 2.7× the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1,011 1000 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 244 1000 t, 4.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 839.5 1000 t | 810 1000 t | 898 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 967.25 1000 t | 935 1000 t | 1,011 1000 t | 4 |
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 meat — food in Ecuador?
- Meat — food in Ecuador was 1,011 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,011 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — food recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 810 1000 t in 2019.
- How does Ecuador rank for meat — food?
- Ecuador ranks 52nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. 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 Meat — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.