Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Ecuador
Ecuador: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 224 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Ecuador stood at 224 kg/An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 50.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Ecuador peaked at 224 kg/An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 129 kg/An, in 1990.
That places Ecuador 77th out of 190 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.
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 155 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 150 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1963 | 155 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 155 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 155 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 158 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 159 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 159 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 159 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 140 kg/An | -11.9% |
| 1971 | 130 kg/An | -7.1% |
| 1972 | 156 kg/An | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 160 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 165 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 170 kg/An | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 161 kg/An | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 159 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 170 kg/An | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 168 kg/An | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 167 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 167 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 164 kg/An | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 165 kg/An | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 164 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 164 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 176 kg/An | +7.3% |
| 1989 | 170 kg/An | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 129 kg/An | -24.1% |
| 1991 | 148 kg/An | +14.7% |
| 1992 | 146 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 162 kg/An | +11.0% |
| 1994 | 165 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 190 kg/An | +15.2% |
| 1996 | 184 kg/An | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 185 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 170 kg/An | -8.1% |
| 1999 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 170 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 198 kg/An | +16.5% |
| 2002 | 194 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 182 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 178 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 168 kg/An | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 184 kg/An | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 147 kg/An | -20.1% |
| 2008 | 138 kg/An | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 144 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 148 kg/An | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 153 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 148 kg/An | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 162 kg/An | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 149 kg/An | -8.0% |
| 2015 | 155 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 187 kg/An | +20.6% |
| 2017 | 206 kg/An | +10.2% |
| 2018 | 207 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 211 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 215 kg/An | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 183 kg/An | -14.9% |
| 2022 | 203 kg/An | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 217 kg/An | +6.9% |
| 2024 | 224 kg/An | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 156.11 kg/An | 150 kg/An | 159 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 157.9 kg/An | 130 kg/An | 170 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 167.1 kg/An | 164 kg/An | 176 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 164.9 kg/An | 129 kg/An | 190 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 170.3 kg/An | 138 kg/An | 198 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 172.6 kg/An | 148 kg/An | 211 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 208.4 kg/An | 183 kg/An | 224 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Ecuador?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Ecuador was 224 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 224 kg/An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 129 kg/An in 1990.
- How does Ecuador rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Ecuador ranks 77th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.3%. 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 Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight. 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.