Chickens — Share in total livestock in New Zealand
New Zealand: Chickens — Share in total livestock was 2.22 %LSU in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Chickens — Share in total livestock in New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 2.22 %LSU for chickens — share in total livestock in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 46.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — share in total livestock in New Zealand peaked at 2.22 %LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.31 %LSU, in 1972.
New Zealand ranks 172nd of 190 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.39 %LSU | 0.36 %LSU | 0.42 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.447 %LSU | 0.31 %LSU | 0.54 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.547 %LSU | 0.45 %LSU | 0.65 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.849 %LSU | 0.67 %LSU | 0.98 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.4 %LSU | 1.03 %LSU | 1.61 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.72 %LSU | 1.49 %LSU | 2.03 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.14 %LSU | 2.07 %LSU | 2.22 %LSU | 4 |
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More environment data for New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.379 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 31.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0.003 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 9.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 341,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1.38 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 15,836 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 21,938 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — share in total livestock in New Zealand?
- Chickens — share in total livestock in New Zealand was 2.22 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 2.22 %LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.31 %LSU in 1972.
- How does New Zealand rank for chickens — share in total livestock?
- New Zealand ranks 172nd out of 190 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — share in total livestock rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.1%. 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 — 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.