Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Ecuador
Ecuador: Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita was 0.0232 An per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Ecuador is 0.0232 An per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 19.6% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Ecuador peaked at 0.0986 An per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.02 An per person, in 2017.
That places Ecuador 112th out of 164 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | An per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0986 An per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0972 An per person | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0958 An per person | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 0.094 An per person | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 0.0923 An per person | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 0.0899 An per person | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0894 An per person | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 0.0888 An per person | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0872 An per person | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0858 An per person | -1.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0851 An per person | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0845 An per person | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.0826 An per person | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0824 An per person | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0826 An per person | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.0826 An per person | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0464 An per person | -43.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0456 An per person | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 0.046 An per person | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0451 An per person | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0483 An per person | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0465 An per person | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0469 An per person | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0419 An per person | -10.7% |
| 1985 | 0.0417 An per person | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0346 An per person | -17.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0317 An per person | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0298 An per person | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0312 An per person | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0324 An per person | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0313 An per person | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0315 An per person | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0383 An per person | +21.5% |
| 1994 | 0.04 An per person | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0441 An per person | +10.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0436 An per person | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0442 An per person | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0686 An per person | +55.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0553 An per person | -19.3% |
| 2000 | 0.054 An per person | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0601 An per person | +11.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0601 An per person | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0779 An per person | +29.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0618 An per person | -20.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0499 An per person | -19.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0469 An per person | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0448 An per person | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 0.0441 An per person | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0433 An per person | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 0.0292 An per person | -32.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0282 An per person | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 0.028 An per person | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0284 An per person | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0259 An per person | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 0.023 An per person | -11.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0233 An per person | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.02 An per person | -14.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0204 An per person | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0251 An per person | +23.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0258 An per person | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0275 An per person | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0281 An per person | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0288 An per person | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0232 An per person | -19.6% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.0232 An per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0437 An per person, 53% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.0232 An per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0232 An per person, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +55.1% | 0.0442 An per person | 0.0686 An per person |
| 1977 | -43.8% | 0.0826 An per person | 0.0464 An per person |
| 2010 | -32.7% | 0.0433 An per person | 0.0292 An per person |
| 2003 | +29.6% | 0.0601 An per person | 0.0779 An per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0926 An per person | 0.0872 An per person | 0.0986 An per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0724 An per person | 0.0456 An per person | 0.0858 An per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0398 An per person | 0.0298 An per person | 0.0483 An per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0429 An per person | 0.0313 An per person | 0.0686 An per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0543 An per person | 0.0433 An per person | 0.0779 An per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0251 An per person | 0.02 An per person | 0.0292 An per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0267 An per person | 0.0232 An per person | 0.0288 An per person | 5 |
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 sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Ecuador?
- Sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita in Ecuador was 0.0232 An per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0986 An per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.02 An per person in 2017.
- How does Ecuador rank for sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 112th out of 164 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sheep and goat meat — producing animals/slaughtered, per capita rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.