Chickens — Share in total livestock in United States of America

United States of America: Chickens — Share in total livestock was 11.81 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
11.81 %LSU
Change on year
up 1.8%
Rank
11th
of 31 groups
All-time high
11.81 %LSU
in 2023
All-time low
5.52 %LSU
in 1975
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Chickens — Share in total livestock in United States of America, 1961–2023

02.557.51012.5196119922023

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

Analysis

In 2023, chickens — share in total livestock in United States of America stood at 11.81 %LSU. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, chickens — share in total livestock in United States of America peaked at 11.81 %LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.52 %LSU, in 1975.

United States of America ranks 11th 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 United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Chickens — Share in total livestock in United States of America, 1961 to 2023.
Year %LSU Change
1961 5.95 %LSU
1962 6 %LSU +0.8%
1963 5.81 %LSU -3.2%
1964 5.78 %LSU -0.5%
1965 6.05 %LSU +4.7%
1966 6.24 %LSU +3.1%
1967 6.37 %LSU +2.1%
1968 6.36 %LSU -0.2%
1969 6.48 %LSU +1.9%
1970 6.46 %LSU -0.3%
1971 6.27 %LSU -2.9%
1972 6.26 %LSU -0.2%
1973 5.97 %LSU -4.6%
1974 5.74 %LSU -3.9%
1975 5.52 %LSU -3.8%
1976 5.96 %LSU +8.0%
1977 6.28 %LSU +5.4%
1978 6.83 %LSU +8.8%
1979 7.44 %LSU +8.9%
1980 7.28 %LSU -2.2%
1981 7.31 %LSU +0.4%
1982 7.29 %LSU -0.3%
1983 7.32 %LSU +0.4%
1984 7.54 %LSU +3.0%
1985 7.96 %LSU +5.6%
1986 8.43 %LSU +5.9%
1987 9.14 %LSU +8.4%
1988 9.37 %LSU +2.5%
1989 9.88 %LSU +5.4%
1990 10.36 %LSU +4.9%
1991 8.05 %LSU -22.3%
1992 8.29 %LSU +3.0%
1993 8.54 %LSU +3.0%
1994 8.77 %LSU +2.7%
1995 9.03 %LSU +3.0%
1996 9.32 %LSU +3.2%
1997 9.55 %LSU +2.5%
1998 9.86 %LSU +3.2%
1999 10.21 %LSU +3.5%
2000 10.44 %LSU +2.3%
2001 10.6 %LSU +1.5%
2002 10.85 %LSU +2.4%
2003 10.7 %LSU -1.4%
2004 10.96 %LSU +2.4%
2005 11.07 %LSU +1.0%
2006 10.91 %LSU -1.4%
2007 10.94 %LSU +0.3%
2008 10.99 %LSU +0.5%
2009 10.67 %LSU -2.9%
2010 10.81 %LSU +1.3%
2011 10.9 %LSU +0.8%
2012 10.89 %LSU -0.1%
2013 11.11 %LSU +2.0%
2014 11.22 %LSU +1.0%
2015 11.32 %LSU +0.9%
2016 11.15 %LSU -1.5%
2017 11.13 %LSU -0.2%
2018 11.17 %LSU +0.4%
2019 11.23 %LSU +0.5%
2020 11.39 %LSU +1.4%
2021 11.38 %LSU -0.1%
2022 11.6 %LSU +1.9%
2023 11.81 %LSU +1.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 6.12 %LSU 5.78 %LSU 6.48 %LSU 9
1970s 6.27 %LSU 5.52 %LSU 7.44 %LSU 10
1980s 8.15 %LSU 7.28 %LSU 9.88 %LSU 10
1990s 9.2 %LSU 8.05 %LSU 10.36 %LSU 10
2000s 10.81 %LSU 10.44 %LSU 11.07 %LSU 10
2010s 11.09 %LSU 10.81 %LSU 11.32 %LSU 10
2020s 11.54 %LSU 11.38 %LSU 11.81 %LSU 4

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 8 Lebanon 79.23 %LSU compare
  2. 8 Türkiye 17.89 %LSU compare
  3. 9 Réunion 79.19 %LSU compare
  4. 10 Malaysia 77.99 %LSU compare
  5. 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.47 %LSU compare
  6. 11 Guyana 76.64 %LSU compare
  7. 12 Barbados 75.71 %LSU compare
  8. 13 Kiribati 68.14 %LSU compare
  9. 14 Cabo Verde 11.43 %LSU compare
  10. 14 Indonesia 66.62 %LSU compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is chickens — share in total livestock in United States of America?
Chickens — share in total livestock in United States of America 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 United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 11.81 %LSU in 2023.
What is the lowest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 5.52 %LSU in 1975.
How does United States of America rank for chickens — share in total livestock?
United States of America ranks 11th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
Is chickens — share in total livestock rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United States of America 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
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.