Chickens — Share in total livestock in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Chickens — Share in total livestock was 1.41 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Share in total livestock in Southern Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
Southern Europe recorded 1.41 %LSU for chickens — share in total livestock in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 88.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — share in total livestock in Southern Europe peaked at 12.44 %LSU in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.41 %LSU, in 2023.
That places Southern Europe 44th out of 44 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.17 %LSU | 5.03 %LSU | 6.74 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.99 %LSU | 6.78 %LSU | 9.91 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.77 %LSU | 9.37 %LSU | 10.33 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.58 %LSU | 9.94 %LSU | 11.74 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.51 %LSU | 10.11 %LSU | 11.45 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.22 %LSU | 1.73 %LSU | 12.44 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.03 %LSU | 1.41 %LSU | 11.84 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.323 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 73.08 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 48.29 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 24.80 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 783,078 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 6.44 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 850,367 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 7.13 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — share in total livestock in Southern Europe?
- Chickens — share in total livestock in Southern Europe was 1.41 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 12.44 %LSU in 2017.
- What is the lowest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.41 %LSU in 2023.
- How does Southern Europe rank for chickens — share in total livestock?
- Southern Europe ranks 44th out of 44 groups with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — share in total livestock rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 88.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.