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Chickens — Share in total livestock 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
209
Highest
100 %LSU
China, Macao SAR
Lowest
0.14 %LSU
Mongolia
Median
11.89 %LSU
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,956

What the numbers show

Chickens — Share in total livestock is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 100 %LSU in China, Macao SAR; the lowest is 0.14 %LSU in Mongolia.

The median across all reporting countries is 11.89 %LSU, and the mean is 19.93 %LSU.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 714.

Over the past decade 161 countries rose and 46 fell. The largest increase was in Croatia (up 166.9%), and the largest decrease in Democratic People's Republic of Korea (down 55.5%).

Chickens — Share in total livestock: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China, Macao SAR 100 %LSU 2023 unchanged flat
2 Singapore 99.34 %LSU 2023 down 0.1% volatile
3 Brunei Darussalam 99.1 %LSU 2023 up 1.0% rising
4 Mauritius 95.1 %LSU 2023 up 1.5% volatile
5 Trinidad and Tobago 91.54 %LSU 2023 up 1.3% rising
6 Bahamas 89.91 %LSU 2023 up 0.7% rising
7 Kuwait 82.05 %LSU 2023 down 0.9% rising
8 Lebanon 79.23 %LSU 2023 up 2.5% rising
9 Malaysia 77.99 %LSU 2023 up 10.5% rising
10 Guyana 76.64 %LSU 2023 up 8.8% volatile
11 Barbados 75.71 %LSU 2023 up 10.1% rising
12 Republic of Moldova 70.25 %LSU 2023 up 41.6% volatile
13 Kiribati 68.14 %LSU 2023 down 1.7% rising
14 Indonesia 66.62 %LSU 2023 up 20.7% volatile
15 Suriname 61.51 %LSU 2023 up 13.0% rising
16 Qatar 58.11 %LSU 2023 up 45.8% volatile
17 China, Hong Kong SAR 57.25 %LSU 2023 up 153.9% rising
18 Bahrain 53.91 %LSU 2023 up 26.7% rising
19 Seychelles 52.71 %LSU 2023 up 61.1% rising
20 Israel 52.32 %LSU 2023 up 2.4% rising
21 Dominican Republic 49.18 %LSU 2023 up 17.2% volatile
22 Jordan 49.07 %LSU 2023 up 11.2% rising
23 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 45.81 %LSU 2023 up 11.9% volatile
24 Côte d'Ivoire 45.11 %LSU 2023 up 36.0% rising
25 China, Taiwan Province of 42.25 %LSU 2023 up 16.7% rising
26 Jamaica 39.74 %LSU 2023 up 3.4% volatile
27 Tunisia 39.57 %LSU 2023 up 13.0% volatile
28 Egypt 39.43 %LSU 2023 up 159.4% volatile
29 Liberia 37.31 %LSU 2023 up 6.7% rising
30 Ukraine 36.94 %LSU 2023 up 33.6% rising
31 Ecuador 36.27 %LSU 2023 up 31.7% volatile
32 Japan 34.75 %LSU 2023 up 3.9% rising
33 Iraq 33.97 %LSU 2023 up 139.9% volatile
34 Thailand 33.94 %LSU 2023 up 15.1% volatile
35 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.79 %LSU 2023 up 12.7% rising
36 Malta 32.38 %LSU 2020 up 19.0% falling
37 Saudi Arabia 32.18 %LSU 2023 down 31.5% volatile
38 Grenada 31.11 %LSU 2023 down 11.0% rising
39 Caribbean 30.17 %LSU 2023 up 19.6% volatile
40 Palestine 29.63 %LSU 2023 down 13.9% falling
41 Morocco 29.18 %LSU 2023 up 16.8% volatile
42 Equatorial Guinea 28.8 %LSU 2023 up 0.3% rising
43 Fiji 27.83 %LSU 2023 up 77.4% volatile
44 Saint Lucia 27.78 %LSU 2023 up 4.5% rising
45 Belarus 27.39 %LSU 2023 up 47.5% volatile
46 Micronesia 27.29 %LSU 2023 down 1.9% falling
47 Algeria 27.24 %LSU 2023 up 28.8% rising
48 Viet Nam 27.04 %LSU 2023 up 64.3% rising
49 Niue 26.25 %LSU 2023 up 3.1% rising
50 Gabon 25.47 %LSU 2023 up 1.1% rising
51 Republic of Korea 25.06 %LSU 2023 up 2.8% rising
52 Ghana 24.66 %LSU 2023 down 1.1% rising
53 Poland 23.54 %LSU 2023 up 53.8% volatile
54 Libya 22.99 %LSU 2023 up 1.8% volatile
55 Pakistan 22.44 %LSU 2023 up 59.8% volatile
56 Philippines 22.41 %LSU 2023 up 20.5% rising
57 Sierra Leone 22.39 %LSU 2023 up 54.8% rising
58 El Salvador 22.38 %LSU 2023 up 32.5% volatile
59 Puerto Rico 22.27 %LSU 2023 down 39.7% rising
60 Togo 22.12 %LSU 2023 up 0.3% rising
61 United Arab Emirates 21.58 %LSU 2023 down 3.4% volatile
62 Peru 20.84 %LSU 2023 up 30.9% volatile
62 Senegal 20.84 %LSU 2023 up 63.1% volatile
64 Bulgaria 20.37 %LSU 2020 up 16.5% rising
65 Romania 20.25 %LSU 2023 up 19.1% rising
66 China 19.79 %LSU 2023 up 8.2% volatile
66 Cyprus 19.79 %LSU 2020 up 51.3% falling
68 Panama 19.77 %LSU 2023 up 54.6% volatile
69 Russian Federation 19.71 %LSU 2023 up 7.9% rising
70 China, mainland 19.57 %LSU 2023 up 8.1% volatile
71 Slovakia 19.53 %LSU 2023 up 2.5% rising
72 French Polynesia 19.38 %LSU 2023 up 5.8% volatile
73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.79 %LSU 2023 down 41.3% rising
74 Sri Lanka 18.76 %LSU 2023 up 11.9% volatile
75 Hungary 18.32 %LSU 2023 up 2.5% rising
76 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 17.9 %LSU 2023 up 0.2% volatile
77 Türkiye 17.89 %LSU 2023 up 9.2% volatile
78 Sao Tome and Principe 17.37 %LSU 2023 down 28.6% rising
79 Honduras 17.12 %LSU 2023 up 2.2% volatile
80 Portugal 17 %LSU 2020 up 28.8% rising
81 Sweden 16.85 %LSU 2019 up 54.3% volatile
82 Belize 16.72 %LSU 2023 up 15.1% rising
83 Greece 16.55 %LSU 2018 up 34.1% rising
84 Croatia 16.47 %LSU 2023 up 166.9% rising
85 Tuvalu 16.44 %LSU 2023 up 7.0% rising
86 Bangladesh 16.43 %LSU 2023 up 17.0% volatile
87 Antigua and Barbuda 16.37 %LSU 2023 up 17.6% rising
87 Saint Kitts and Nevis 16.37 %LSU 2023 down 22.6% rising
89 Latvia 16.12 %LSU 2023 up 28.2% rising
90 Finland 16.05 %LSU 2023 up 95.7% rising
91 Lithuania 15.75 %LSU 2023 up 35.2% rising
92 Czechia 15.65 %LSU 2023 up 2.8% rising
93 Dominica 15.37 %LSU 2023 up 1.1% rising
94 Yemen 14.64 %LSU 2023 up 2.7% volatile
95 Chile 14.31 %LSU 2023 up 16.8% rising
96 Mexico 13.7 %LSU 2023 up 5.8% rising
97 Italy 13.68 %LSU 2020 up 10.4% rising
98 Costa Rica 13.3 %LSU 2023 down 23.6% volatile
99 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 13.15 %LSU 2023 up 5.8% rising
100 Melanesia 12.92 %LSU 2023 up 25.4% rising
101 Belgium 12.65 %LSU 2023 up 48.6% rising
102 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.28 %LSU 2023 up 22.3% rising
103 Yugoslav SFR 12.03 %LSU 1991 up 30.8% rising
104 Zambia 12.01 %LSU 2023 down 8.7% rising
105 Norway 11.89 %LSU 2023 up 3.9% volatile
106 Congo 11.65 %LSU 2023 up 6.6% falling
107 Cabo Verde 11.43 %LSU 2023 down 32.9% volatile
108 Georgia 11.36 %LSU 2023 up 88.1% falling
109 Comoros 11.33 %LSU 2023 up 1.2% rising
110 Azerbaijan 11.25 %LSU 2023 up 33.3% rising
111 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11.19 %LSU 2023 up 12.5% rising
112 Myanmar 11.13 %LSU 2023 down 8.3% volatile
113 Angola 11.05 %LSU 2023 up 50.8% volatile
114 Guatemala 10.99 %LSU 2023 up 10.1% rising
115 OECD 10.95 %LSU 2023 up 0.9% rising
116 Spain 10.8 %LSU 2020 down 2.4% rising
117 Solomon Islands 10.75 %LSU 2023 up 0.3% rising
117 Slovenia 10.75 %LSU 2023 up 38.4% falling
119 Albania 10.69 %LSU 2023 down 10.4% volatile
120 Serbia 10.66 %LSU 2023 up 4.8% falling
121 France 10.48 %LSU 2023 up 1.0% rising
122 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.47 %LSU 2023 down 29.1% rising
123 Montenegro 10.37 %LSU 2023 up 47.9% rising
123 Polynesia 10.37 %LSU 2023 up 16.1% falling
125 Nepal 10.28 %LSU 2023 up 72.2% volatile
126 Canada 10.12 %LSU 2023 up 6.8% rising
127 Martinique 10.11 %LSU 2006 up 27.3% rising
128 USSR 9.87 %LSU 1991 up 14.4% rising
129 Tokelau 9.7 %LSU 2023 down 51.5% falling
130 Cameroon 9.65 %LSU 2023 down 7.0% rising
131 Mozambique 9.53 %LSU 2023 down 20.3% falling
132 Czechoslovakia 9.52 %LSU 1992 up 7.3% rising
133 Tonga 9.26 %LSU 2023 down 1.0% rising
134 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9.22 %LSU 2023 up 12.3% rising
135 French Guiana 9.18 %LSU 2006 down 45.7% falling
136 Germany 9.13 %LSU 2023 up 15.7% rising
136 Micronesia (Federated States of) 9.13 %LSU 2023 down 6.9% falling
138 Madagascar 9.06 %LSU 2023 up 95.3% volatile
139 Armenia 8.95 %LSU 2023 up 28.2% flat
140 Papua New Guinea 8.9 %LSU 2023 up 1.6% rising
141 Estonia 8.86 %LSU 2023 up 16.0% flat
142 Belgium-Luxembourg 8.83 %LSU 1999 up 38.2% falling
143 Cuba 8.65 %LSU 2023 up 3.0% rising
144 New Caledonia 8.41 %LSU 2023 up 25.7% volatile
145 Samoa 8 %LSU 2023 up 22.0% falling
146 Colombia 7.84 %LSU 2023 up 10.1% volatile
147 Brazil 7.81 %LSU 2023 up 10.9% rising
148 Serbia and Montenegro 7.8 %LSU 2005 down 6.1% falling
149 Benin 7.76 %LSU 2023 down 31.5% falling
149 Nigeria 7.76 %LSU 2023 up 38.8% falling
151 Nauru 7.62 %LSU 2023 down 0.9% flat
152 North Macedonia 7.61 %LSU 2023 up 4.2% falling
153 Uzbekistan 7.48 %LSU 2023 up 37.5% rising
154 Guinea 7.24 %LSU 2023 up 3.7% rising
155 Switzerland 6.81 %LSU 2023 up 34.1% rising
156 Austria 6.51 %LSU 2020 up 19.0% rising
157 Nicaragua 6.29 %LSU 2023 up 10.4% volatile
158 Cook Islands 5.89 %LSU 2023 up 24.0% falling
159 Turkmenistan 5.83 %LSU 2023 up 16.1% rising
160 Eswatini 5.62 %LSU 2023 up 17.1% volatile
161 Oman 5.51 %LSU 2023 down 9.5% rising
162 Syrian Arab Republic 5.38 %LSU 2023 down 13.1% rising
163 Vanuatu 5.37 %LSU 2023 down 2.7% rising
164 Uruguay 5.09 %LSU 2023 up 139.0% volatile
165 Kazakhstan 4.95 %LSU 2023 up 5.1% rising
166 Tajikistan 4.83 %LSU 2023 up 87.2% volatile
167 Denmark 4.63 %LSU 2023 up 14.9% rising
168 Bhutan 4.54 %LSU 2023 up 77.3% volatile
168 Cambodia 4.54 %LSU 2023 up 6.3% rising
170 India 4.52 %LSU 2023 up 14.7% volatile
171 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4.51 %LSU 2023 down 55.5% falling
172 Malawi 4.5 %LSU 2023 down 50.1% falling
173 Zimbabwe 4.34 %LSU 2023 up 8.8% rising
174 Guadeloupe 4.32 %LSU 2006 up 104.7% volatile
175 Uganda 4.3 %LSU 2023 up 22.2% rising
176 Mali 4.13 %LSU 2023 up 7.3% rising
177 Gambia 4.06 %LSU 2023 down 11.5% rising
178 Burkina Faso 3.91 %LSU 2023 down 6.0% falling
179 Guinea-Bissau 3.47 %LSU 2023 up 4.2% rising
180 South Sudan 3.35 %LSU 2023 up 103.0% rising
181 Kenya 3.25 %LSU 2023 up 28.0% rising
182 Haiti 3.14 %LSU 2023 up 0.6% rising
183 Rwanda 3.03 %LSU 2023 down 26.5% rising
184 Australia 2.98 %LSU 2023 up 8.8% rising
185 Australia and New Zealand 2.8 %LSU 2023 up 15.2% volatile
186 Kyrgyzstan 2.6 %LSU 2023 up 20.9% falling
187 Argentina 2.58 %LSU 2023 up 2.0% rising
188 Paraguay 2.48 %LSU 2023 up 48.5% rising
189 Ireland 2.23 %LSU 2020 up 13.2% rising
190 New Zealand 2.22 %LSU 2023 up 46.1% volatile
191 Burundi 2.21 %LSU 2023 unchanged falling
192 Ethiopia PDR 2.08 %LSU 1992 down 4.1% rising
193 Timor-Leste 2.01 %LSU 2023 down 13.4% falling
194 Afghanistan 1.91 %LSU 2023 up 6.7% rising
195 Namibia 1.85 %LSU 2023 down 36.6% volatile
196 United Republic of Tanzania 1.75 %LSU 2023 down 25.2% rising
197 Sudan 1.73 %LSU 2023 up 6.8% rising
198 Iceland 1.49 %LSU 2023 up 12.9% rising
199 Niger 1.47 %LSU 2023 down 17.9% falling
200 Sudan (former) 1.35 %LSU 2011 up 13.4% falling
201 Botswana 1.21 %LSU 2023 up 51.2% rising
202 Mauritania 1.16 %LSU 2023 down 6.5% flat
203 Ethiopia 1.07 %LSU 2023 down 21.3% falling
204 Luxembourg 0.98 %LSU 2022 up 71.9% rising
205 Lesotho 0.95 %LSU 2023 up 48.4% falling
206 Eritrea 0.67 %LSU 2023 down 17.3% volatile
207 Somalia 0.4 %LSU 2023 up 11.1% rising
208 Chad 0.16 %LSU 2023 down 44.8% falling
209 Mongolia 0.14 %LSU 2023 up 133.3% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Chickens — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
244 places, 13,956 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.