Chickens — Share in total livestock in Portugal

Portugal: Chickens — Share in total livestock was 17 %LSU in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
17 %LSU
Change on year
up 24.6%
World rank
80th
of 209 countries
All-time high
17 %LSU
in 2020
All-time low
3.81 %LSU
in 1961
Years of data
58
1961–2020

Chickens — Share in total livestock in Portugal, 1961–2020

51015196119902020

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

Analysis

Portugal recorded 17 %LSU for chickens — share in total livestock in 2020. That is the highest value across all 58 years on record.

That represents a change of up 24.6% on the previous year and up 28.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, chickens — share in total livestock in Portugal peaked at 17 %LSU in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.81 %LSU, in 1961.

That places Portugal 80th out of 209 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 4.67 %LSU 3.81 %LSU 5.52 %LSU 9
1970s 6.54 %LSU 5.67 %LSU 7.47 %LSU 10
1980s 6.34 %LSU 5.48 %LSU 7.39 %LSU 10
1990s 9.74 %LSU 7.74 %LSU 11.69 %LSU 10
2000s 13.82 %LSU 12.11 %LSU 14.39 %LSU 10
2010s 12.18 %LSU 11.16 %LSU 13.64 %LSU 8
2020s 17 %LSU 17 %LSU 17 %LSU 1

Countries ranked near Portugal

  1. 77 Türkiye 17.89 %LSU compare
  2. 78 Sao Tome and Principe 17.37 %LSU compare
  3. 79 Honduras 17.12 %LSU compare
  4. 81 Sweden 16.85 %LSU compare
  5. 82 Belize 16.72 %LSU compare
  6. 83 Greece 16.55 %LSU compare

See the full ranking of 244 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is chickens — share in total livestock in Portugal?
Chickens — share in total livestock in Portugal was 17 %LSU in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in Portugal?
The highest recorded value was 17 %LSU in 2020.
What is the lowest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in Portugal?
The lowest recorded value was 3.81 %LSU in 1961.
How does Portugal rank for chickens — share in total livestock?
Portugal ranks 80th out of 209 countries with data for 2020.
Is chickens — share in total livestock rising or falling in Portugal?
Over the last ten years it is up 28.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Portugal 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

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.