Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Italy
Italy: Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.11 LSU/ha in 2020. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Italy, 1961–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
In 2020, chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in Italy stood at 0.11 LSU/ha. That is the highest value across all 58 years on record.
The figure is up 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in Italy peaked at 0.11 LSU/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.04 LSU/ha, in 1961.
Italy ranks 59th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area in Italy, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.04 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.05 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 1973 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 0.07 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 1976 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1979 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.07 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 1986 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1989 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 0.08 LSU/ha | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.07 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 1996 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +57.1% |
| 1997 | 0.07 LSU/ha | -36.4% |
| 1998 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 0.07 LSU/ha | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 0.06 LSU/ha | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 0.06 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.07 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.08 LSU/ha | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +12.5% |
| 2010 | 0.09 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +11.1% |
| 2012 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.11 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0489 LSU/ha | 0.04 LSU/ha | 0.05 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.071 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.077 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.08 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.081 LSU/ha | 0.07 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.071 LSU/ha | 0.06 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1025 LSU/ha | 0.09 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 0.11 LSU/ha | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in Italy?
- Chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in Italy was 0.11 LSU/ha in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 0.11 LSU/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.04 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does Italy rank for chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- Italy ranks 59th out of 192 countries with data for 2020.
- Is chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.