Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Eritrea
Eritrea: Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita was 0.0719 animals per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in animals per person.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 0.0719 animals per person for yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Eritrea peaked at 0.0831 animals per person in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.0453 animals per person, in 1995.
That places Eritrea 32nd out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | animals per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.0478 animals per person | — |
| 1994 | 0.0472 animals per person | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 0.0453 animals per person | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0526 animals per person | +16.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0627 animals per person | +19.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0665 animals per person | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0664 animals per person | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0668 animals per person | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0584 animals per person | -12.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0543 animals per person | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0613 animals per person | +12.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0589 animals per person | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0575 animals per person | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 0.066 animals per person | +14.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0831 animals per person | +25.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0813 animals per person | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0797 animals per person | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0791 animals per person | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0794 animals per person | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.079 animals per person | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0741 animals per person | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0717 animals per person | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 0.072 animals per person | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0733 animals per person | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0747 animals per person | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0751 animals per person | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0749 animals per person | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0745 animals per person | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0726 animals per person | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0724 animals per person | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0722 animals per person | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0719 animals per person | -0.4% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 0.0719 animals per person is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0269 animals per person, 2.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 0.0719 animals per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0245 animals per person, 2.9× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +25.9% | 0.066 animals per person | 0.0831 animals per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0555 animals per person | 0.0453 animals per person | 0.0665 animals per person | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.0667 animals per person | 0.0543 animals per person | 0.0831 animals per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0753 animals per person | 0.0717 animals per person | 0.0794 animals per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0727 animals per person | 0.0719 animals per person | 0.0745 animals per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.8871 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.3071 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0038 hectares per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 2.22 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Eritrea?
- Yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita in Eritrea was 0.0719 animals per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0831 animals per person in 2007.
- What is the lowest yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0453 animals per person in 1995.
- How does Eritrea rank for yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita?
- Eritrea ranks 32nd out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yearly number of animals slaughtered for meat, per capita rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.