Americas vs China: Chickens — Stocks

Americas
56.50 million LSU
in 2023
China
53.25 million LSU
in 2023
Americas rank
4th
China rank
1st

Chickens — Stocks over time

  • Americas
  • China
020.0M40.0M60.0M196119922023

How they compare

Americas currently reports 56.50 million LSU against 53.25 million LSU in China, a difference of 3.25 million LSU.

That makes Americas's figure about 1.1 times China's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.

Americas ranks 4th and China ranks 1st of 35 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 5 and China in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas China Difference Ahead
1960s 13.41 million LSU 5.88 million LSU 7.53 million LSU Americas
1970s 17.37 million LSU 7.27 million LSU 10.10 million LSU Americas
1980s 23.64 million LSU 13.40 million LSU 10.24 million LSU Americas
1990s 30.36 million LSU 29.67 million LSU 688,720 LSU Americas
2000s 42.11 million LSU 43.55 million LSU 1.44 million LSU China
2010s 49.72 million LSU 49.81 million LSU 91,980 LSU China
2020s 55.64 million LSU 52.98 million LSU 2.66 million LSU Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher chickens — stocks, Americas or China?
Americas, at 56.50 million LSU against 53.25 million LSU in China as of 2023.
What is the difference in chickens — stocks between Americas and China?
3.25 million LSU, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Americas and China rank globally for chickens — stocks?
Americas ranks 4th and China ranks 1st of 35 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Chickens — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Chickens — Stocks
Unit
LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
244 places, 13,956 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.