Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area in World

World: Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area was 0.06 LSU/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
0.06 LSU/ha
Change on year
up 20.0%
Rank
2nd
of 10 regions
All-time high
0.06 LSU/ha
in 2023
All-time low
0.01 LSU/ha
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Chickens — Livestock units per agricultural land area in World, 1961–2023

0.010.020.030.040.050.06196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU/ha.

Analysis

World recorded 0.06 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 20.0% on the previous year and up 50.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in World peaked at 0.06 LSU/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.01 LSU/ha, in 1961.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.01 LSU/ha 0.01 LSU/ha 0.01 LSU/ha 9
1970s 0.01 LSU/ha 0.01 LSU/ha 0.01 LSU/ha 10
1980s 0.02 LSU/ha 0.02 LSU/ha 0.02 LSU/ha 10
1990s 0.026 LSU/ha 0.02 LSU/ha 0.03 LSU/ha 10
2000s 0.035 LSU/ha 0.03 LSU/ha 0.04 LSU/ha 10
2010s 0.045 LSU/ha 0.04 LSU/ha 0.05 LSU/ha 10
2020s 0.0525 LSU/ha 0.05 LSU/ha 0.06 LSU/ha 4

Countries ranked near World

  1. 1 Singapore 43.68 LSU/ha compare
  2. 2 Brunei Darussalam 15.77 LSU/ha compare
  3. 3 China, Hong Kong SAR 10.55 LSU/ha compare
  4. 4 Trinidad and Tobago 7.53 LSU/ha compare
  5. 5 Barbados 5.02 LSU/ha compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in World?
Chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area in World was 0.06 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 World?
The highest recorded value was 0.06 LSU/ha in 2023.
What is the lowest chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area recorded in World?
The lowest recorded value was 0.01 LSU/ha in 1961.
How does World rank for chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area?
World ranks 2nd out of 10 regions with data for 2023.
Is chickens — livestock units per agricultural land area rising or falling in World?
Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this World 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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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.