Chickens — Share in total livestock in Americas

Americas: Chickens — Share in total livestock was 10.15 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
10.15 %LSU
Change on year
up 0.2%
Rank
15th
of 31 groups
All-time high
10.15 %LSU
in 2023
All-time low
3.83 %LSU
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Chickens — Share in total livestock in Americas, 1961–2023

02.557.510196119922023

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

Analysis

Americas recorded 10.15 %LSU for chickens — share in total livestock in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, chickens — share in total livestock in Americas peaked at 10.15 %LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.83 %LSU, in 1961.

Americas ranks 15th of 31 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Chickens — Share in total livestock in Americas, year by year

Annual values for Chickens — Share in total livestock in Americas, 1961 to 2023.
Year %LSU Change
1961 3.83 %LSU —
1962 3.84 %LSU +0.3%
1963 3.85 %LSU +0.3%
1964 3.88 %LSU +0.8%
1965 3.92 %LSU +1.0%
1966 3.98 %LSU +1.5%
1967 4.08 %LSU +2.5%
1968 4.13 %LSU +1.2%
1969 4.25 %LSU +2.9%
1970 4.28 %LSU +0.7%
1971 4.19 %LSU -2.1%
1972 4.26 %LSU +1.7%
1973 4.2 %LSU -1.4%
1974 4.1 %LSU -2.4%
1975 4.09 %LSU -0.2%
1976 4.27 %LSU +4.4%
1977 4.34 %LSU +1.6%
1978 4.6 %LSU +6.0%
1979 4.97 %LSU +8.0%
1980 5.08 %LSU +2.2%
1981 5.13 %LSU +1.0%
1982 5.16 %LSU +0.6%
1983 5.1 %LSU -1.2%
1984 5.22 %LSU +2.4%
1985 5.4 %LSU +3.4%
1986 5.62 %LSU +4.1%
1987 5.94 %LSU +5.7%
1988 5.96 %LSU +0.3%
1989 6.07 %LSU +1.8%
1990 6.26 %LSU +3.1%
1991 5.75 %LSU -8.1%
1992 5.91 %LSU +2.8%
1993 6.23 %LSU +5.4%
1994 6.43 %LSU +3.2%
1995 6.72 %LSU +4.5%
1996 7 %LSU +4.2%
1997 7.2 %LSU +2.9%
1998 7.39 %LSU +2.6%
1999 7.71 %LSU +4.3%
2000 7.93 %LSU +2.9%
2001 8.05 %LSU +1.5%
2002 8.17 %LSU +1.5%
2003 8.03 %LSU -1.7%
2004 8.13 %LSU +1.2%
2005 8.38 %LSU +3.1%
2006 8.43 %LSU +0.6%
2007 8.76 %LSU +3.9%
2008 8.97 %LSU +2.4%
2009 8.99 %LSU +0.2%
2010 9.22 %LSU +2.6%
2011 9.21 %LSU -0.1%
2012 9.23 %LSU +0.2%
2013 9.29 %LSU +0.7%
2014 9.44 %LSU +1.6%
2015 9.56 %LSU +1.3%
2016 9.57 %LSU +0.1%
2017 9.76 %LSU +2.0%
2018 9.88 %LSU +1.2%
2019 9.98 %LSU +1.0%
2020 10.04 %LSU +0.6%
2021 10.11 %LSU +0.7%
2022 10.13 %LSU +0.2%
2023 10.15 %LSU +0.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 3.97 %LSU 3.83 %LSU 4.25 %LSU 9
1970s 4.33 %LSU 4.09 %LSU 4.97 %LSU 10
1980s 5.47 %LSU 5.08 %LSU 6.07 %LSU 10
1990s 6.66 %LSU 5.75 %LSU 7.71 %LSU 10
2000s 8.38 %LSU 7.93 %LSU 8.99 %LSU 10
2010s 9.51 %LSU 9.21 %LSU 9.98 %LSU 10
2020s 10.11 %LSU 10.04 %LSU 10.15 %LSU 4

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 12 Barbados 75.71 %LSU compare
  2. 12 Polynesia 10.37 %LSU compare
  3. 13 Kiribati 68.14 %LSU compare
  4. 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9.22 %LSU compare
  5. 14 Cabo Verde 11.43 %LSU compare
  6. 14 Indonesia 66.62 %LSU compare
  7. 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 9.13 %LSU compare
  8. 15 Suriname 61.51 %LSU compare
  9. 15 Syrian Arab Republic 5.38 %LSU compare
  10. 16 Qatar 58.11 %LSU compare
  11. 17 China, Hong Kong SAR 57.25 %LSU compare
  12. 17 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 4.51 %LSU compare
  13. 18 Bahrain 53.91 %LSU compare

See the full ranking of 244 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is chickens — share in total livestock in Americas?
Chickens — share in total livestock in Americas was 10.15 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 10.15 %LSU in 2023.
What is the lowest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 3.83 %LSU in 1961.
How does Americas rank for chickens — share in total livestock?
Americas ranks 15th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
Is chickens — share in total livestock rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Americas data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chickens — Share in total livestock. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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.