Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area in New Zealand
New Zealand: Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.03 LSU/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area in New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 0.03 LSU/ha for chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in New Zealand peaked at 0.03 LSU/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 LSU/ha, in 1961.
That places New Zealand 122nd out of 192 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | LSU/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1975 | 0.01 LSU/ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 LSU/ha | -100.0% |
| 1977 | 0.01 LSU/ha | — |
| 1978 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0 LSU/ha | -100.0% |
| 1980 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 LSU/ha | — |
| 1982 | 0.01 LSU/ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 LSU/ha | -100.0% |
| 1984 | 0.01 LSU/ha | — |
| 1985 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.01 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +100.0% |
| 2003 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.02 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +50.0% |
| 2022 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.03 LSU/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 LSU/ha | 0 LSU/ha | 0 LSU/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.003 LSU/ha | 0 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.007 LSU/ha | 0 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.018 LSU/ha | 0.01 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0275 LSU/ha | 0.02 LSU/ha | 0.03 LSU/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 122 Armenia 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Bulgaria 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Canada 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Guinea-Bissau 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Haiti 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Ireland 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Latvia 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Lithuania 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Malawi 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Montenegro 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 New Caledonia 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Nigeria 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Oman 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Papua New Guinea 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Serbia and Montenegro 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Tajikistan 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Uganda 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Uruguay 0.03 LSU/ha compare
- 122 Yemen 0.03 LSU/ha compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.2131 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.379 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, annual growth rate -46.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per capita 0.0001 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, annual growth rate -20.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in New Zealand?
- Chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in New Zealand was 0.03 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 0.03 LSU/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 LSU/ha in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area?
- New Zealand ranks 122nd out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.