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Chickens, layers — Stocks by country

The Livestock Manure domain of FAOSTAT contains estimates of nitrogen (N) inputs to agricultural soils from livestock manure. Data on the N losses to air and water are also disseminated. These estimates are compiled using official FAOSTAT statistics of animal stocks and by applying the internationally approved...

Countries reporting
209
Highest
3.37 billion An
China
Lowest
2,000 An
Tokelau
Median
4.72 million An
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,082

What the numbers show

Chickens, layers — Stocks is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 3.37 billion An in China; the lowest is 2,000 An in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.72 million An, and the mean is 63.56 million An.

Over the past decade 142 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 670.1%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 68.6%).

Chickens, layers — Stocks: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 3.37 billion An 2023 up 25.4% volatile
2 China, mainland 3.33 billion An 2023 up 25.8% volatile
3 OECD 1.32 billion An 2023 down 0.7% rising
4 India 669.90 million An 2023 up 106.3% volatile
5 Indonesia 434.75 million An 2023 up 81.1% volatile
6 USSR 385.00 million An 1991 up 4.6% rising
7 Brazil 263.46 million An 2023 down 15.0% rising
8 Mexico 216.73 million An 2023 up 13.2% volatile
9 Bangladesh 204.40 million An 2023 up 14.2% volatile
10 Russian Federation 176.33 million An 2023 up 0.0% rising
11 Philippines 133.06 million An 2023 up 58.4% volatile
12 Japan 128.58 million An 2023 down 3.4% rising
13 Nigeria 126.79 million An 2023 down 6.0% volatile
14 Pakistan 120.00 million An 2023 up 150.0% volatile
15 Türkiye 114.48 million An 2023 up 29.0% volatile
16 Malaysia 108.03 million An 2023 up 25.6% volatile
17 Thailand 95.94 million An 2023 up 12.9% volatile
18 Viet Nam 85.42 million An 2023 up 62.7% volatile
19 Republic of Korea 77.20 million An 2023 up 19.1% volatile
20 Ukraine 72.11 million An 2023 down 30.3% rising
21 France 62.90 million An 2023 up 7.1% falling
22 Colombia 61.65 million An 2023 up 47.7% volatile
23 Spain 56.86 million An 2020 up 11.3% rising
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 56.10 million An 2023 up 19.3% flat
25 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 52.55 million An 2023 down 22.1% volatile
26 Argentina 51.62 million An 2023 up 22.9% rising
27 Germany 50.30 million An 2023 up 16.4% falling
28 Poland 49.03 million An 2023 down 1.7% falling
29 Italy 46.84 million An 2020 down 19.2% rising
30 Egypt 45.00 million An 2023 up 56.4% volatile
31 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 42.86 million An 2023 down 4.4% rising
32 Angola 40.49 million An 2023 up 670.1% volatile
33 Romania 38.53 million An 2023 down 14.1% rising
34 Uzbekistan 38.31 million An 2023 up 37.4% volatile
35 Yugoslav SFR 37.84 million An 1991 up 8.6% rising
36 Canada 35.61 million An 2023 up 30.3% rising
37 China, Taiwan Province of 35.23 million An 2023 down 4.1% volatile
38 Ethiopia PDR 34.50 million An 1992 up 6.5% rising
39 United Republic of Tanzania 33.68 million An 2023 up 163.2% rising
40 Caribbean 32.19 million An 2023 up 37.5% rising
41 Saudi Arabia 31.82 million An 2023 up 38.3% volatile
42 Peru 28.26 million An 2023 up 29.6% volatile
43 Tunisia 26.24 million An 2023 up 19.3% rising
44 Algeria 23.34 million An 2023 down 10.2% volatile
45 Czechoslovakia 23.04 million An 1992 up 7.8% rising
46 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 22.61 million An 2023 up 34.2% volatile
47 Australia and New Zealand 20.54 million An 2023 up 15.3% falling
48 Morocco 20.00 million An 2023 up 17.6% rising
49 Myanmar 19.76 million An 2023 down 68.6% volatile
50 Ghana 19.16 million An 2023 up 27.7% volatile
51 Guatemala 18.87 million An 2023 up 6.6% volatile
52 Belarus 18.75 million An 2023 up 1.9% rising
53 Kazakhstan 18.52 million An 2023 up 4.9% rising
54 Kenya 17.91 million An 2023 up 8.6% rising
55 Benin 17.64 million An 2023 up 20.3% volatile
56 Ecuador 17.52 million An 2023 up 83.8% volatile
57 Australia 16.52 million An 2023 up 13.0% flat
58 Dominican Republic 16.25 million An 2023 up 132.2% volatile
59 Belgium 16.25 million An 2023 up 46.2% rising
60 Burkina Faso 14.99 million An 2023 down 9.7% volatile
61 Azerbaijan 14.12 million An 2023 up 5.4% volatile
62 Cameroon 13.06 million An 2023 up 56.0% volatile
63 Nepal 12.72 million An 2023 up 54.6% volatile
64 Chile 12.55 million An 2023 up 10.9% rising
65 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12.17 million An 2023 down 0.0% rising
66 Serbia and Montenegro 12.15 million An 2005 down 27.3% falling
67 Belgium-Luxembourg 12.05 million An 1999 up 37.8% falling
68 Zambia 11.25 million An 2023 down 10.0% rising
69 South Sudan 11.09 million An 2023 up 125.1% rising
70 Hungary 10.60 million An 2023 down 12.2% falling
71 Ethiopia 10.55 million An 2023 up 12.8% rising
72 Israel 10.35 million An 2023 up 13.6% rising
73 Afghanistan 10.28 million An 2023 up 8.2% rising
74 Senegal 10.26 million An 2023 up 46.5% volatile
75 Syrian Arab Republic 9.97 million An 2023 down 21.3% volatile
76 Libya 9.95 million An 2023 up 10.6% volatile
77 Cuba 9.79 million An 2023 down 11.5% rising
78 Sudan 9.76 million An 2023 up 5.9% rising
79 Yemen 9.52 million An 2023 up 0.2% volatile
80 Kuwait 9.45 million An 2023 down 0.5% volatile
81 Sweden 9.43 million An 2019 up 79.2% rising
82 Paraguay 9.38 million An 2023 down 4.3% rising
83 Turkmenistan 9.33 million An 2023 up 121.7% volatile
84 Mali 8.50 million An 2023 up 9.0% rising
85 Uganda 8.18 million An 2023 down 9.1% rising
86 Greece 7.86 million An 2018 down 36.7% falling
87 Guinea 7.80 million An 2023 up 11.5% volatile
88 Serbia 7.74 million An 2023 down 20.2% falling
89 Austria 7.39 million An 2020 up 29.1% falling
90 Portugal 7.35 million An 2020 up 13.1% rising
91 Sudan (former) 7.00 million An 2011 up 7.7% rising
92 Denmark 6.92 million An 2023 up 49.0% falling
93 El Salvador 6.75 million An 2023 up 25.0% rising
94 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6.64 million An 2023 down 55.7% rising
95 Bulgaria 6.61 million An 2020 down 4.1% falling
96 Zimbabwe 6.49 million An 2023 up 4.7% rising
97 Sri Lanka 5.80 million An 2023 down 35.5% volatile
98 Kyrgyzstan 5.55 million An 2023 up 58.7% rising
99 Côte d'Ivoire 5.47 million An 2023 down 19.5% volatile
100 Malawi 5.42 million An 2023 down 1.5% rising
101 Cambodia 5.04 million An 2023 down 3.1% rising
102 Sierra Leone 5.04 million An 2023 up 7.9% volatile
103 Nicaragua 4.92 million An 2023 up 29.5% rising
104 Albania 4.86 million An 2023 down 0.5% volatile
105 United Arab Emirates 4.72 million An 2023 up 31.1% volatile
106 Czechia 4.69 million An 2023 up 17.1% falling
107 Norway 4.56 million An 2023 up 9.3% rising
108 Honduras 4.50 million An 2023 up 2.3% rising
109 Melanesia 4.45 million An 2023 up 65.9% rising
110 Tajikistan 4.44 million An 2023 up 61.3% volatile
111 Togo 4.17 million An 2023 up 119.5% volatile
112 Ireland 4.08 million An 2020 up 7.4% flat
113 Finland 4.06 million An 2023 up 18.2% falling
114 New Zealand 4.02 million An 2023 up 25.8% falling
115 Iraq 3.94 million An 2023 down 21.2% falling
116 Madagascar 3.89 million An 2023 up 3.8% falling
117 Niger 3.88 million An 2023 up 17.5% rising
118 Switzerland 3.84 million An 2023 up 48.4% falling
119 Lithuania 3.74 million An 2023 up 10.5% rising
120 Jordan 3.73 million An 2023 up 33.3% volatile
121 Lebanon 3.63 million An 2023 up 45.0% rising
122 Mozambique 3.46 million An 2023 up 124.7% volatile
123 Latvia 3.38 million An 2023 up 41.3% rising
124 Costa Rica 3.32 million An 2023 up 2.1% rising
125 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.31 million An 2023 down 12.5% rising
126 Georgia 3.00 million An 2023 up 30.4% rising
127 Republic of Moldova 3.00 million An 2023 down 5.7% rising
128 Singapore 2.88 million An 2023 up 20.1% falling
129 Uruguay 2.88 million An 2023 down 54.3% rising
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.87 million An 2023 up 2.4% volatile
131 Slovakia 2.78 million An 2023 down 55.6% falling
132 Croatia 2.76 million An 2023 down 31.1% falling
133 Armenia 2.67 million An 2023 down 0.6% rising
134 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.59 million An 2023 down 10.8% rising
135 Fiji 2.31 million An 2023 up 284.2% volatile
136 Panama 2.24 million An 2023 down 10.4% rising
137 Palestine 2.20 million An 2023 up 23.7% flat
138 Slovenia 1.76 million An 2023 up 27.3% falling
139 Mauritania 1.75 million An 2023 up 3.0% rising
140 Papua New Guinea 1.71 million An 2023 up 5.8% rising
141 Oman 1.54 million An 2023 up 80.7% volatile
142 Trinidad and Tobago 1.44 million An 2023 up 60.1% falling
143 Rwanda 1.35 million An 2023 down 1.5% volatile
144 Brunei Darussalam 1.35 million An 2023 down 20.8% volatile
145 Mauritius 1.34 million An 2023 up 11.7% volatile
146 North Macedonia 1.30 million An 2023 up 4.5% falling
147 Mongolia 1.26 million An 2023 up 169.9% volatile
148 Puerto Rico 1.24 million An 2023 up 8.2% falling
149 Liberia 1.24 million An 2023 up 12.3% rising
150 Chad 1.18 million An 2023 up 6.8% falling
151 Suriname 1.11 million An 2023 up 57.0% rising
152 Barbados 1.05 million An 2023 up 21.7% volatile
153 Jamaica 1.05 million An 2023 down 19.5% falling
154 Qatar 940,000 An 2023 up 161.1% volatile
155 Namibia 834,000 An 2023 down 22.8% volatile
156 Somalia 833,000 An 2023 up 7.5% rising
157 Montenegro 810,000 An 2023 up 46.2% rising
158 Cyprus 760,000 An 2020 up 23.0% rising
159 Burundi 704,000 An 2023 down 12.0% falling
160 Belize 698,000 An 2023 up 28.3% volatile
161 Botswana 688,000 An 2023 down 20.0% rising
162 Gabon 681,000 An 2023 up 48.0% volatile
163 Estonia 663,000 An 2023 down 7.5% falling
164 Bhutan 652,000 An 2023 up 30.4% volatile
165 Eritrea 575,000 An 2023 up 0.9% falling
166 Congo 534,000 An 2023 up 6.8% rising
166 Haiti 534,000 An 2023 down 6.3% rising
168 Polynesia 418,000 An 2023 up 27.1% rising
169 Guyana 392,000 An 2023 up 111.9% volatile
170 Cabo Verde 342,000 An 2023 up 18.8% volatile
171 Malta 339,000 An 2020 up 12.6% falling
172 Grenada 330,000 An 2023 up 118.5% rising
173 Guinea-Bissau 312,000 An 2023 up 4.0% volatile
174 Lesotho 272,000 An 2023 down 22.3% rising
175 Bahrain 250,000 An 2023 unchanged volatile
176 French Polynesia 243,000 An 2023 up 62.0% volatile
177 Gambia 229,000 An 2023 down 10.5% rising
178 Eswatini 204,000 An 2023 down 9.3% rising
179 Comoros 202,000 An 2023 up 3.1% rising
180 Micronesia 197,000 An 2023 up 2.1% volatile
181 Iceland 184,000 An 2023 down 8.0% rising
182 Luxembourg 158,647 An 2022 up 70.6% rising
183 New Caledonia 154,000 An 2023 down 10.5% rising
184 Seychelles 150,000 An 2023 up 76.5% volatile
185 Guadeloupe 148,000 An 2006 up 17.5% volatile
186 Vanuatu 146,000 An 2023 up 7.4% volatile
187 Timor-Leste 138,000 An 2023 up 0.7% rising
188 Solomon Islands 132,000 An 2023 down 14.8% rising
189 Antigua and Barbuda 120,000 An 2023 up 106.9% volatile
190 Bahamas 117,000 An 2023 up 2.6% volatile
191 China, Macao SAR 110,000 An 2023 up 4.8% rising
192 Kiribati 102,000 An 2023 up 3.0% rising
193 Martinique 95,000 An 2006 down 2.1% rising
194 Micronesia (Federated States of) 93,000 An 2023 up 1.1% rising
195 French Guiana 90,000 An 2006 up 23.3% volatile
196 Saint Lucia 89,000 An 2023 up 50.8% rising
197 Tonga 79,000 An 2023 up 1.3% rising
198 Samoa 74,000 An 2023 down 6.3% rising
199 Dominica 71,000 An 2023 up 2.9% rising
200 Sao Tome and Principe 60,000 An 2023 down 52.0% volatile
201 Equatorial Guinea 54,000 An 2023 down 19.4% rising
202 Saint Kitts and Nevis 53,000 An 2023 up 6.0% rising
203 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 48,000 An 2023 down 18.6% rising
204 China, Hong Kong SAR 30,000 An 2023 down 55.2% volatile
205 Tuvalu 11,000 An 2023 unchanged rising
206 Cook Islands 6,000 An 2023 unchanged volatile
207 Niue 3,000 An 2023 unchanged falling
208 Nauru 2,000 An 2023 unchanged rising
208 Tokelau 2,000 An 2023 unchanged rising

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Chickens, layers — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
246 places, 14,082 data points, 1961–2023
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The Livestock Manure domain of FAOSTAT contains estimates of nitrogen (N) inputs to agricultural soils from livestock manure. Data on the N losses to air and water are also disseminated. These estimates are compiled using official FAOSTAT statistics of animal stocks and by applying the internationally approved Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Data are available by country, with global coverage and updated annually.The following elements are disseminated: 1) Stocks; 2) Amount excreted in manure (N content); 3) Manure left on pasture (N content); 4) Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content); 5) Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content); 6) Manure treated (N content); 7) Losses from manure treated (N content); 8) Manure applied to soils (N content); 9) Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content); 10) Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content).