Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Belgium
Belgium: Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.36 LSU/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Belgium, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in Belgium is 0.36 LSU/ha, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in Belgium peaked at 0.39 LSU/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.23 LSU/ha, in 2003.
Belgium ranks 31st of 192 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Belgium, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.29 LSU/ha | — |
| 2001 | 0.28 LSU/ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.27 LSU/ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.23 LSU/ha | -14.8% |
| 2004 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +13.0% |
| 2005 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.24 LSU/ha | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.24 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.25 LSU/ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 0.26 LSU/ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 0.27 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.25 LSU/ha | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 0.28 LSU/ha | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 0.32 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3 LSU/ha | -6.3% |
| 2018 | 0.35 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 2019 | 0.36 LSU/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +8.3% |
| 2021 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.39 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.36 LSU/ha | -7.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.255 LSU/ha | 0.23 LSU/ha | 0.29 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.291 LSU/ha | 0.25 LSU/ha | 0.36 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3825 LSU/ha | 0.36 LSU/ha | 0.39 LSU/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in Belgium?
- Chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in Belgium was 0.36 LSU/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.39 LSU/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.23 LSU/ha in 2003.
- How does Belgium rank for chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Belgium ranks 31st out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.