Ecuador’s Cattle Industry
Ecuador — Cattle Industry
Population
1990: 10473673; 2024: 18135478
Cattle inventory
1990: 4359393; 2024: 3436276 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef production
1990: 100007; 2024: 242011 t
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef imports
1990: 0; 2024: 3581.63 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef exports
1990: 0; 2020: 0 t
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Beef slaughtered
1990: 775543; 2024: 1080085 An
FAOSTAT (Production: Crops and livestock products)
Beef offtake rate
1991: 16.9; 2024: 31.4 %
Derived as head slaughtered ÷ total cattle inventory × 100.
Derived from FAOSTAT cattle inventory and slaughter
Selected grain and feed imports
Supplier breakdown from the FAOSTAT Detailed Trade Matrix, latest year with recorded import value per country; feed items summed. Reported by the importing country.
FAOSTAT (Trade: Crops and livestock products)
Maize (corn)
1991: 5100 tonnes; 2024: 174039.07 tonnes
Wheat
1991: 389033 tonnes; 2024: 1669387.39 tonnes
Barley
1991: 26013 tonnes; 2024: 49119.52 tonnes
Sorghum
1991: 32619 tonnes; 2022: 0.1 tonnes
Oats
1991: 2863 tonnes; 2024: 11127.35 tonnes
Soya beans
1991: 7020 tonnes; 2020: 4.2 tonnes
Cake of soya beans
1991: 5535 tonnes; 2024: 1769019.52 tonnes