Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ecuador
Ecuador: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 265,707 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Ecuador is 265,707 1000 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Ecuador peaked at 269,929 1000 An in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,856 1000 An, in 1961.
Ecuador ranks 47th of 207 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,156 1000 An | 3,856 1000 An | 6,473 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,918 1000 An | 7,706 1000 An | 17,125 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,779 1000 An | 16,827 1000 An | 49,583 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 87,497 1000 An | 58,356 1000 An | 147,879 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 119,970 1000 An | 95,067 1000 An | 170,267 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 219,782 1000 An | 183,725 1000 An | 262,737 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 246,960 1000 An | 216,598 1000 An | 269,929 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
- 44 Belgium 310,362 1000 An compare
- 45 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 295,734 1000 An compare
- 46 Chile 295,711 1000 An compare
- 48 Yugoslav SFR 260,980 1000 An compare
- 49 Dominican Republic 258,192 1000 An compare
- 50 Jordan 251,523 1000 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 — Production 7.59 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Ecuador?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Ecuador was 265,707 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 269,929 1000 An in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,856 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Ecuador rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Ecuador ranks 47th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat, Poultry — 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.