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Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area by country

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...

Countries reporting
196
Highest
43.68 LSU/ha
Singapore
Lowest
0 LSU/ha
Mozambique
Median
0.065 LSU/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,893

What the numbers show

Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 43.68 LSU/ha in Singapore; the lowest is 0 LSU/ha in Mozambique.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.065 LSU/ha, and the mean is 0.6578 LSU/ha.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in China, Hong Kong SAR (up 298.1%), and the largest decrease in Mozambique (down 100.0%).

Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Singapore 43.68 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.4% volatile
1 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.38 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
2 Brunei Darussalam 15.77 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.2% volatile
2 Viet Nam 0.37 LSU/ha 2023 up 68.2% volatile
2 Caribbean 0.29 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.8% volatile
3 China, Hong Kong SAR 10.55 LSU/ha 2023 up 298.1% volatile
4 Trinidad and Tobago 7.53 LSU/ha 2023 up 16.2% volatile
4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.23 LSU/ha 2023 up 76.9% volatile
5 Barbados 5.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 74.3% volatile
5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.22 LSU/ha 2023 up 10.0% volatile
6 Qatar 4.33 LSU/ha 2023 up 252.0% volatile
6 Republic of Moldova 0.21 LSU/ha 2023 up 61.5% volatile
6 Cabo Verde 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 down 42.9% volatile
7 Kuwait 4.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 40.6% volatile
7 Micronesia 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 up 18.2% volatile
8 Réunion 2.98 LSU/ha 2006 up 49.0% volatile
8 Türkiye 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 42.9% volatile
9 Bahamas 2.5 LSU/ha 2023 up 8.2% rising
10 Bahrain 2.27 LSU/ha 2023 up 87.6% volatile
10 Polynesia 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
11 Mauritius 1.95 LSU/ha 2023 up 15.4% volatile
11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% volatile
11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
12 Seychelles 1.71 LSU/ha 2023 up 200.0% volatile
12 Côte d'Ivoire 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 66.7% volatile
13 China, Taiwan Province of 1.32 LSU/ha 2023 up 15.8% volatile
13 Melanesia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
14 Republic of Korea 1.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 34.9% volatile
14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% falling
15 Lebanon 1.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 13.3% volatile
15 Timor-Leste 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
16 Malta 0.97 LSU/ha 2020 up 3.2% rising
17 Dominican Republic 0.9 LSU/ha 2023 up 28.6% volatile
17 Israel 0.9 LSU/ha 2023 up 16.9% rising
17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
17 Syrian Arab Republic 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
17 United Republic of Tanzania 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
19 Suriname 0.72 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% falling
20 Japan 0.68 LSU/ha 2023 up 7.9% rising
21 United Arab Emirates 0.67 LSU/ha 2023 up 17.5% volatile
21 Egypt 0.67 LSU/ha 2023 up 76.3% volatile
21 Indonesia 0.67 LSU/ha 2023 up 91.4% volatile
24 Pakistan 0.52 LSU/ha 2023 up 136.4% volatile
24 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.52 LSU/ha 2023 down 1.9% rising
26 Grenada 0.5 LSU/ha 2023 up 6.4% volatile
27 Saint Lucia 0.48 LSU/ha 2023 up 6.7% volatile
28 Guyana 0.45 LSU/ha 2023 up 28.6% volatile
29 Jordan 0.41 LSU/ha 2023 up 46.4% volatile
30 Malaysia 0.37 LSU/ha 2023 up 8.8% volatile
31 Belgium 0.36 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
31 Cyprus 0.36 LSU/ha 2020 up 38.5% rising
33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.35 LSU/ha 2023 down 2.8% volatile
34 Bangladesh 0.34 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.9% volatile
34 Jamaica 0.34 LSU/ha 2023 up 6.2% volatile
36 Ecuador 0.32 LSU/ha 2023 up 45.5% volatile
36 Tuvalu 0.32 LSU/ha 2023 up 14.3% volatile
36 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.32 LSU/ha 1999 up 52.4% rising
39 Puerto Rico 0.26 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.9% volatile
40 Kiribati 0.19 LSU/ha 2023 up 5.6% volatile
41 Antigua and Barbuda 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 up 5.9% rising
41 Fiji 0.18 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% volatile
43 Norway 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 up 6.2% volatile
43 Nepal 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 up 41.7% volatile
43 Cook Islands 0.17 LSU/ha 2023 down 10.5% rising
46 Costa Rica 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 23.1% volatile
46 El Salvador 0.16 LSU/ha 2023 up 23.1% volatile
48 Belarus 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 up 66.7% volatile
48 Iraq 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 up 150.0% volatile
48 Philippines 0.15 LSU/ha 2023 up 15.4% rising
51 Panama 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 up 55.6% volatile
51 Palestine 0.14 LSU/ha 2023 down 6.7% falling
53 Honduras 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
53 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 down 7.1% volatile
53 Nauru 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
53 Poland 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 up 62.5% volatile
53 Thailand 0.13 LSU/ha 2023 up 18.2% rising
58 Portugal 0.12 LSU/ha 2020 up 33.3% rising
59 Italy 0.11 LSU/ha 2020 up 22.2% rising
59 French Polynesia 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 up 10.0% volatile
59 Senegal 0.11 LSU/ha 2023 up 120.0% volatile
59 Sweden 0.11 LSU/ha 2019 up 37.5% volatile
63 China 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.1% volatile
63 Guatemala 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.1% rising
63 Myanmar 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 down 41.2% volatile
63 Tonga 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
63 Tunisia 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.1% volatile
63 China, mainland 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.1% volatile
63 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.1 LSU/ha 2023 up 11.1% rising
70 Belize 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 10.0% rising
70 Switzerland 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 28.6% rising
70 Germany 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 down 10.0% rising
70 Togo 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 28.6% volatile
70 Samoa 0.09 LSU/ha 2023 up 12.5% rising
70 Martinique 0.09 LSU/ha 2006 up 12.5% falling
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 down 27.3% rising
76 Dominica 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
76 Denmark 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 up 14.3% rising
76 Finland 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 up 60.0% rising
76 France 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 down 11.1% rising
76 Morocco 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
76 Peru 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
76 Tokelau 0.08 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
84 Brazil 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 up 40.0% volatile
84 Spain 0.07 LSU/ha 2020 up 16.7% rising
84 Ghana 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 up 40.0% volatile
84 Croatia 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 up 133.3% rising
84 Slovenia 0.07 LSU/ha 2023 up 40.0% falling
89 Austria 0.06 LSU/ha 2020 unchanged rising
89 Azerbaijan 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
89 Czechia 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
89 Greece 0.06 LSU/ha 2018 up 50.0% rising
89 Hungary 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
89 Sri Lanka 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
89 Mexico 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 20.0% volatile
89 Nicaragua 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% volatile
89 Romania 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
89 Sierra Leone 0.06 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% volatile
89 Czechoslovakia 0.06 LSU/ha 1992 down 14.3% rising
100 Albania 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 37.5% volatile
100 Chile 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 66.7% volatile
100 Cameroon 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
100 Colombia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 66.7% volatile
100 Cuba 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
100 Algeria 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 66.7% volatile
100 India 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 up 25.0% volatile
100 Sao Tome and Principe 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 37.5% volatile
100 Slovakia 0.05 LSU/ha 2023 down 16.7% rising
100 French Guiana 0.05 LSU/ha 2006 down 37.5% falling
100 Guadeloupe 0.05 LSU/ha 2006 up 66.7% volatile
100 Yugoslav SFR 0.05 LSU/ha 1991 up 25.0% rising
112 Benin 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 down 20.0% rising
112 Comoros 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
112 Georgia 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% flat
112 Equatorial Guinea 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
112 Liberia 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
112 Serbia 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 down 20.0% falling
112 Ukraine 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 down 20.0% rising
112 Uzbekistan 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% volatile
112 Niue 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
112 OECD 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
122 Armenia 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% falling
122 Bulgaria 0.03 LSU/ha 2020 unchanged falling
122 Canada 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
122 Guinea-Bissau 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% volatile
122 Haiti 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
122 Ireland 0.03 LSU/ha 2020 unchanged rising
122 Lithuania 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
122 Latvia 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
122 Montenegro 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
122 Malawi 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
122 New Caledonia 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
122 Nigeria 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
122 New Zealand 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% volatile
122 Oman 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
122 Papua New Guinea 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
122 Tajikistan 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 200.0% volatile
122 Uganda 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 50.0% rising
122 Uruguay 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 up 200.0% volatile
122 Yemen 0.03 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
122 Serbia and Montenegro 0.03 LSU/ha 2005 down 25.0% falling
142 Burkina Faso 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
142 Bhutan 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% volatile
142 Estonia 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
142 Gabon 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% volatile
142 Guinea 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
142 Gambia 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
142 Kenya 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 up 100.0% volatile
142 Cambodia 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
142 Libya 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
142 Rwanda 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
142 Solomon Islands 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
142 Eswatini 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
142 Vanuatu 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% rising
142 South Africa 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
142 Zambia 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
142 USSR 0.02 LSU/ha 1991 unchanged rising
142 Russian Federation 0.02 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged falling
159 Angola 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
159 Argentina 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
159 Burundi 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
159 Central African Republic 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
159 Ethiopia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
159 Kyrgyzstan 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
159 Luxembourg 0.01 LSU/ha 2022 unchanged flat
159 Madagascar 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
159 North Macedonia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 down 50.0% falling
159 Mali 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
159 Paraguay 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
159 Saudi Arabia 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
159 South Sudan 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged flat
159 Turkmenistan 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
159 Zimbabwe 0.01 LSU/ha 2023 unchanged rising
159 Ethiopia PDR 0.01 LSU/ha 1992 unchanged flat
175 Eritrea 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
175 Lesotho 0 LSU/ha 2023 — volatile
175 Mozambique 0 LSU/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area
Unit
LSU/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
243 places, 13,893 data points, 1961–2023
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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.