Chickens — Share in total livestock in Europe
Europe: Chickens — Share in total livestock was 11.81 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Share in total livestock in Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Europe recorded 11.81 %LSU for chickens — share in total livestock in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.7% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — share in total livestock in Europe peaked at 13.66 %LSU in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.53 %LSU, in 1961.
That places Europe 11th out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.53 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 5.55 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 5.68 %LSU | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 5.73 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 5.69 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 5.56 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 5.68 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 5.85 %LSU | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 6 %LSU | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 6.38 %LSU | +6.3% |
| 1971 | 6.58 %LSU | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 6.61 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 6.66 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 6.7 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 6.76 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 6.84 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 7.01 %LSU | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 7.14 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 7.34 %LSU | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 7.42 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 7.7 %LSU | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 7.75 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 7.85 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 7.72 %LSU | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 7.9 %LSU | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 7.94 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 8.1 %LSU | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 8.28 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 8.25 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 8.23 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 8.4 %LSU | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 8.5 %LSU | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 8.62 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 8.34 %LSU | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 8.27 %LSU | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 8.53 %LSU | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 8.39 %LSU | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 8.63 %LSU | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 8.72 %LSU | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 8.73 %LSU | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 9 %LSU | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 9.73 %LSU | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 9.53 %LSU | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 9.66 %LSU | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 9.87 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 10.03 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 10.14 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 10.38 %LSU | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 10.81 %LSU | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 11.52 %LSU | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 11.84 %LSU | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 11.92 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 12.48 %LSU | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 12.36 %LSU | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 12.68 %LSU | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 13.05 %LSU | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 13.33 %LSU | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 10.93 %LSU | -18.0% |
| 2019 | 10.85 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 13.66 %LSU | +25.9% |
| 2021 | 10.41 %LSU | -23.8% |
| 2022 | 10.86 %LSU | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 11.81 %LSU | +8.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens — Share in total livestock in Europe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +25.9% | 10.85 %LSU | 13.66 %LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.7 %LSU | 5.53 %LSU | 6 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.8 %LSU | 6.38 %LSU | 7.34 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.89 %LSU | 7.42 %LSU | 8.28 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.46 %LSU | 8.23 %LSU | 8.72 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.79 %LSU | 8.73 %LSU | 10.81 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.1 %LSU | 10.85 %LSU | 13.33 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.69 %LSU | 10.41 %LSU | 13.66 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 8 Lebanon 79.23 %LSU compare
- 8 Türkiye 17.89 %LSU compare
- 9 Réunion 79.19 %LSU compare
- 9 Melanesia 12.92 %LSU compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.28 %LSU compare
- 10 Malaysia 77.99 %LSU compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.47 %LSU compare
- 11 Guyana 76.64 %LSU compare
- 12 Barbados 75.71 %LSU compare
- 12 Polynesia 10.37 %LSU compare
- 13 Kiribati 68.14 %LSU compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 9.22 %LSU compare
- 14 Cabo Verde 11.43 %LSU compare
- 14 Indonesia 66.62 %LSU compare
- 14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 9.13 %LSU compare
More environment data for Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.33 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.71 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 94.14 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 73.33 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 49.53 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — share in total livestock in Europe?
- Chickens — share in total livestock in Europe was 11.81 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 13.66 %LSU in 2020.
- What is the lowest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.53 %LSU in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for chickens — share in total livestock?
- Europe ranks 11th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — share in total livestock rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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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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.