Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Ecuador
Ecuador: Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita was 0.0596 animals per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in animals per person.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 0.0596 animals per person for yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.8% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Ecuador peaked at 0.0895 animals per person in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0504 animals per person, in 1961.
That places Ecuador 43rd out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | animals per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0504 animals per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0515 animals per person | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 0.0544 animals per person | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 0.054 animals per person | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0547 animals per person | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0536 animals per person | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0526 animals per person | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 0.054 animals per person | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0557 animals per person | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 0.0716 animals per person | +28.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0655 animals per person | -8.6% |
| 1972 | 0.0547 animals per person | -16.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0522 animals per person | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0562 animals per person | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0559 animals per person | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0578 animals per person | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0617 animals per person | +6.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0643 animals per person | +4.2% |
| 1979 | 0.0663 animals per person | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0539 animals per person | -18.6% |
| 1981 | 0.054 animals per person | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0544 animals per person | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0549 animals per person | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 0.0557 animals per person | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0576 animals per person | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0572 animals per person | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0576 animals per person | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 0.0581 animals per person | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0562 animals per person | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 0.074 animals per person | +31.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0714 animals per person | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 0.0708 animals per person | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0699 animals per person | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 0.068 animals per person | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0677 animals per person | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.0707 animals per person | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0698 animals per person | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0759 animals per person | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0774 animals per person | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.079 animals per person | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0734 animals per person | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0779 animals per person | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0777 animals per person | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0767 animals per person | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0739 animals per person | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0733 animals per person | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0798 animals per person | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0834 animals per person | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0877 animals per person | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0845 animals per person | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0858 animals per person | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0835 animals per person | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0808 animals per person | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0704 animals per person | -12.9% |
| 2015 | 0.063 animals per person | -10.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0762 animals per person | +21.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0895 animals per person | +17.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0821 animals per person | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0752 animals per person | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0629 animals per person | -16.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0591 animals per person | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0671 animals per person | +13.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0646 animals per person | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0596 animals per person | -7.8% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 0.0596 animals per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0252 animals per person, 2.4× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 0.0596 animals per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0343 animals per person, 1.7× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +31.7% | 0.0562 animals per person | 0.074 animals per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0534 animals per person | 0.0504 animals per person | 0.0557 animals per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0606 animals per person | 0.0522 animals per person | 0.0716 animals per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.056 animals per person | 0.0539 animals per person | 0.0581 animals per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0716 animals per person | 0.0677 animals per person | 0.0774 animals per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0783 animals per person | 0.0733 animals per person | 0.0877 animals per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0791 animals per person | 0.063 animals per person | 0.0895 animals per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0626 animals per person | 0.0591 animals per person | 0.0671 animals per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0374 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1315 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0159 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.3086 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Ecuador?
- Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Ecuador was 0.0596 animals per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0895 animals per person in 2017.
- What is the lowest yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0504 animals per person in 1961.
- How does Ecuador rank for yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 43rd out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Animals slaughtered for meat Our World in Data
- 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
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.