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Chickens, layers — Stocks, per capita by country

Chickens, layers — Stocks divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
168
Highest
3.72 An per person
Barbados
Lowest
0.0292 An per person
Equatorial Guinea
Median
0.6333 An per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,696

What the numbers show

Chickens, layers — Stocks, per capita is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 3.72 An per person in Barbados; the lowest is 0.0292 An per person in Equatorial Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6333 An per person, and the mean is 0.7818 An per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 127.

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 448.3%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 70.9%).

Chickens, layers — Stocks, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Barbados 3.72 An per person 2023 up 19.7% volatile
2 Malaysia 3.08 An per person 2023 up 7.9% rising
3 Grenada 2.82 An per person 2023 up 111.8% rising
4 Fiji 2.49 An per person 2023 up 280.9% volatile
5 China 2.39 An per person 2023 up 21.2% volatile
6 Tunisia 2.15 An per person 2023 up 8.9% rising
7 Belarus 2.04 An per person 2023 up 4.8% rising
8 Romania 2.02 An per person 2023 down 10.0% rising
9 Albania 2.01 An per person 2023 up 16.2% volatile
10 Kuwait 1.95 An per person 2023 down 28.1% volatile
11 Ukraine 1.91 An per person 2023 down 14.8% rising
12 Latvia 1.8 An per person 2023 up 51.0% rising
13 Suriname 1.76 An per person 2023 up 42.1% rising
14 Belize 1.7 An per person 2023 up 6.6% rising
15 Mexico 1.67 An per person 2023 up 3.3% rising
16 Indonesia 1.55 An per person 2023 up 64.8% volatile
17 Dominican Republic 1.43 An per person 2023 up 108.9% rising
18 Azerbaijan 1.39 An per person 2023 down 2.3% rising
19 Belgium 1.38 An per person 2023 up 38.5% flat
20 Paraguay 1.37 An per person 2023 down 16.4% rising
21 Libya 1.36 An per person 2023 down 4.6% volatile
22 Thailand 1.34 An per person 2023 up 10.0% rising
23 Poland 1.34 An per person 2023 up 1.9% falling
24 Lithuania 1.3 An per person 2023 up 13.9% rising
25 Montenegro 1.3 An per person 2023 up 46.0% rising
26 Antigua and Barbuda 1.29 An per person 2023 up 95.3% rising
27 Turkmenistan 1.27 An per person 2023 up 78.8% rising
28 Seychelles 1.25 An per person 2023 up 32.5% volatile
29 Benin 1.25 An per person 2023 down 8.7% volatile
30 Brazil 1.25 An per person 2023 down 20.1% rising
31 Spain 1.2 An per person 2020 up 9.4% falling
32 Bangladesh 1.19 An per person 2023 up 4.2% volatile
33 Colombia 1.18 An per person 2023 up 30.3% rising
34 Serbia 1.17 An per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
35 Denmark 1.16 An per person 2023 up 40.7% falling
36 Philippines 1.16 An per person 2023 up 40.7% rising
37 Argentina 1.13 An per person 2023 up 14.9% falling
38 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.13 An per person 2023 up 6.7% rising
39 Tuvalu 1.12 An per person 2023 up 12.1% rising
40 Hungary 1.11 An per person 2023 down 9.6% falling
41 Angola 1.1 An per person 2023 up 448.3% volatile
42 Uzbekistan 1.07 An per person 2023 up 14.5% rising
43 Mauritius 1.07 An per person 2023 up 12.6% volatile
44 El Salvador 1.07 An per person 2023 up 21.6% rising
45 Dominica 1.07 An per person 2023 up 7.9% rising
46 Trinidad and Tobago 1.05 An per person 2023 up 57.0% volatile
47 Israel 1.05 An per person 2023 down 7.1% falling
48 Guatemala 1.04 An per person 2023 down 9.5% rising
49 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.04 An per person 2023 down 0.8% rising
50 Japan 1.03 An per person 2023 down 1.1% rising
51 Bulgaria 1.01 An per person 2020 up 8.3% falling
52 Ecuador 0.9742 An per person 2023 up 61.6% rising
53 South Sudan 0.966 An per person 2023 up 118.9% rising
54 Saudi Arabia 0.944 An per person 2023 up 13.4% volatile
55 France 0.92 An per person 2023 up 3.3% falling
56 Sweden 0.9173 An per person 2019 up 62.1% flat
57 Kazakhstan 0.9107 An per person 2023 down 9.4% rising
58 Armenia 0.9017 An per person 2023 up 1.3% rising
59 Canada 0.8893 An per person 2023 up 14.1% falling
60 Cuba 0.8885 An per person 2023 down 9.3% rising
61 French Polynesia 0.8644 An per person 2023 up 58.3% rising
62 Uruguay 0.85 An per person 2023 down 54.9% rising
63 Peru 0.835 An per person 2023 up 14.2% rising
64 Bhutan 0.8291 An per person 2023 up 20.3% volatile
65 Austria 0.8288 An per person 2020 up 21.1% falling
66 Slovenia 0.8286 An per person 2023 up 23.7% falling
67 Norway 0.8254 An per person 2023 up 0.6% rising
68 Ireland 0.8096 An per person 2020 down 2.8% falling
69 Georgia 0.8072 An per person 2023 up 30.5% rising
70 Italy 0.7881 An per person 2020 down 18.7% rising
71 Kyrgyzstan 0.7823 An per person 2023 up 29.1% rising
72 New Zealand 0.7727 An per person 2023 up 7.5% falling
73 Kiribati 0.7696 An per person 2023 down 11.5% rising
74 Tonga 0.7553 An per person 2023 up 3.7% rising
75 Greece 0.7321 An per person 2018 down 34.7% falling
76 Finland 0.7264 An per person 2023 up 15.1% falling
77 Nicaragua 0.721 An per person 2023 up 13.5% falling
78 Croatia 0.714 An per person 2023 down 24.4% falling
79 Portugal 0.7139 An per person 2020 up 16.1% rising
80 North Macedonia 0.7096 An per person 2023 up 9.9% falling
81 Malta 0.6576 An per person 2020 down 9.4% falling
82 Burkina Faso 0.6508 An per person 2023 down 30.6% rising
83 Costa Rica 0.6497 An per person 2023 down 5.7% falling
84 Chile 0.6385 An per person 2023 down 0.2% flat
85 Lebanon 0.628 An per person 2023 up 44.3% falling
86 Australia 0.6197 An per person 2023 down 2.0% falling
87 Germany 0.6039 An per person 2023 up 12.7% falling
88 Sierra Leone 0.5951 An per person 2023 down 14.4% rising
89 Cyprus 0.5836 An per person 2020 up 6.5% falling
90 South Africa 0.5731 An per person 2023 down 31.9% rising
91 Senegal 0.5674 An per person 2023 up 11.1% rising
92 Ghana 0.567 An per person 2023 up 3.5% rising
93 Nigeria 0.5564 An per person 2023 down 25.3% rising
94 Zambia 0.5429 An per person 2023 down 33.1% falling
95 Guinea 0.5418 An per person 2023 down 13.4% rising
96 New Caledonia 0.5313 An per person 2023 down 14.5% falling
97 Morocco 0.5303 An per person 2023 up 5.4% falling
98 Slovakia 0.5121 An per person 2023 down 55.8% falling
99 Togo 0.5071 An per person 2023 up 81.4% rising
100 Algeria 0.5057 An per person 2023 down 25.3% rising
101 Panama 0.5026 An per person 2023 down 23.1% rising
102 Saint Lucia 0.4964 An per person 2023 up 45.9% flat
103 Singapore 0.4872 An per person 2023 up 9.6% volatile
104 Pakistan 0.4848 An per person 2023 up 113.2% rising
105 Estonia 0.4838 An per person 2023 down 11.1% falling
106 Iceland 0.4771 An per person 2023 down 22.8% falling
107 Guyana 0.4744 An per person 2023 up 92.3% volatile
108 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.4737 An per person 2023 down 13.2% rising
109 India 0.4658 An per person 2023 up 85.9% volatile
110 Cameroon 0.4602 An per person 2023 up 17.7% rising
111 Vanuatu 0.4557 An per person 2023 down 14.7% rising
112 United Arab Emirates 0.4502 An per person 2023 down 3.8% rising
113 Switzerland 0.4321 An per person 2023 up 35.0% falling
114 Czechia 0.4315 An per person 2023 up 13.3% falling
115 Nepal 0.4285 An per person 2023 up 43.6% rising
116 Tajikistan 0.4273 An per person 2023 up 27.5% volatile
117 Palestine 0.4255 An per person 2023 down 2.4% falling
118 Honduras 0.4227 An per person 2023 down 14.6% flat
119 Zimbabwe 0.3972 An per person 2023 down 10.2% falling
120 Egypt 0.3929 An per person 2023 up 30.2% rising
121 Puerto Rico 0.3883 An per person 2023 up 22.6% falling
122 Jamaica 0.3683 An per person 2023 down 21.1% volatile
123 Myanmar 0.3651 An per person 2023 down 70.9% volatile
124 Mongolia 0.3628 An per person 2023 up 124.7% volatile
125 Mali 0.3576 An per person 2023 down 20.0% falling
126 Qatar 0.3539 An per person 2023 up 88.4% volatile
127 Mauritania 0.3486 An per person 2023 down 23.4% falling
128 Samoa 0.3415 An per person 2023 down 14.3% rising
129 Jordan 0.3263 An per person 2023 down 6.9% volatile
130 Kenya 0.3237 An per person 2023 down 11.8% falling
131 Oman 0.3042 An per person 2023 up 37.2% rising
132 Bahamas 0.2929 An per person 2023 down 2.6% rising
133 Cambodia 0.2893 An per person 2023 down 15.6% rising
134 Namibia 0.2815 An per person 2023 down 41.3% rising
135 Botswana 0.2774 An per person 2023 down 31.0% rising
136 Gabon 0.2741 An per person 2023 up 14.0% rising
137 Sri Lanka 0.2631 An per person 2023 down 39.7% rising
138 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2599 An per person 2023 down 59.8% rising
139 Malawi 0.2567 An per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
140 Afghanistan 0.248 An per person 2023 down 17.4% falling
141 Luxembourg 0.2429 An per person 2022 up 38.7% rising
142 Yemen 0.2417 An per person 2023 down 25.4% rising
143 Comoros 0.2375 An per person 2023 down 15.6% falling
144 Liberia 0.2248 An per person 2023 down 8.6% falling
145 Sudan 0.1951 An per person 2023 down 20.1% falling
146 Nauru 0.1684 An per person 2023 down 11.4% falling
147 Uganda 0.1681 An per person 2023 down 34.0% falling
148 Eswatini 0.1658 An per person 2023 down 16.7% falling
149 Eritrea 0.1657 An per person 2023 down 10.6% volatile
150 Solomon Islands 0.165 An per person 2023 down 36.7% falling
151 Papua New Guinea 0.165 An per person 2023 down 15.4% rising
152 Bahrain 0.1585 An per person 2023 down 20.5% volatile
153 Niger 0.1483 An per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
154 Guinea-Bissau 0.1449 An per person 2023 down 18.1% rising
155 Madagascar 0.1247 An per person 2023 down 19.8% volatile
156 Lesotho 0.1177 An per person 2023 down 30.9% falling
157 Central African Republic 0.1151 An per person 2023 down 10.9% flat
158 Mozambique 0.1029 An per person 2023 up 67.4% volatile
159 Rwanda 0.0965 An per person 2023 down 21.7% rising
160 Iraq 0.0875 An per person 2023 down 38.3% volatile
161 Congo 0.0864 An per person 2023 down 16.1% falling
162 Gambia 0.0849 An per person 2023 down 30.2% falling
163 Ethiopia 0.082 An per person 2023 down 13.7% falling
164 Chad 0.0608 An per person 2023 down 24.3% volatile
165 Burundi 0.0514 An per person 2023 down 32.9% volatile
166 Haiti 0.0459 An per person 2023 down 17.7% rising
167 Somalia 0.0454 An per person 2023 down 24.7% falling
168 Equatorial Guinea 0.0292 An per person 2023 down 41.3% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Chickens, layers — Stocks ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Chickens, layers — Stocks, per capita
Unit
An per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
170 places, 9,696 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Chickens, layers — Stocks divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.