Chickens — Share in total livestock in Western Europe
Western Europe: Chickens — Share in total livestock was 9.93 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Share in total livestock in Western Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, chickens — share in total livestock in Western Europe stood at 9.93 %LSU.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 32.6% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — share in total livestock in Western Europe peaked at 10.12 %LSU in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.52 %LSU, in 1967.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.88 %LSU | 5.52 %LSU | 6.22 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.95 %LSU | 5.78 %LSU | 6.21 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.11 %LSU | 5.81 %LSU | 6.49 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.06 %LSU | 6.22 %LSU | 7.76 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.33 %LSU | 7.15 %LSU | 7.49 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.48 %LSU | 7.01 %LSU | 9.51 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.75 %LSU | 7.48 %LSU | 10.12 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More environment data for Western Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.485 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.23 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 151.58 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 54.56 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 97.02 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 1.73 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 14.73 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value 1.84 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 19.11 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — share in total livestock in Western Europe?
- Chickens — share in total livestock in Western Europe was 9.93 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 10.12 %LSU in 2020.
- What is the lowest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.52 %LSU in 1967.
- How does Western Europe rank for chickens — share in total livestock?
- Western Europe ranks 6th out of 10 groups with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — share in total livestock rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.