Chickens — Share in total livestock in World
World: Chickens — Share in total livestock was 13.61 %LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Share in total livestock in World, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens — share in total livestock in World is 13.61 %LSU, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — share in total livestock in World peaked at 13.61 %LSU in 2020 and was at its lowest, 3.79 %LSU, in 1961.
That places World 8th out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens — Share in total livestock in World, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.79 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 3.86 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 3.91 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 3.9 %LSU | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 3.91 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 3.92 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 4.01 %LSU | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 4.08 %LSU | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 4.21 %LSU | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 4.34 %LSU | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 4.37 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 4.4 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 4.43 %LSU | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 4.44 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 4.44 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4.54 %LSU | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 4.66 %LSU | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 4.87 %LSU | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 5.06 %LSU | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 5.2 %LSU | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 5.37 %LSU | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 5.49 %LSU | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 5.6 %LSU | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 5.78 %LSU | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 5.98 %LSU | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 6.2 %LSU | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 6.5 %LSU | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 6.7 %LSU | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 6.81 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 6.99 %LSU | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 7.07 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 7.26 %LSU | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 7.6 %LSU | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 7.88 %LSU | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 8.03 %LSU | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 8.39 %LSU | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 8.97 %LSU | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 8.3 %LSU | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 8.53 %LSU | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 8.89 %LSU | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 9.22 %LSU | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 9.82 %LSU | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 9.78 %LSU | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 9.99 %LSU | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 10.15 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 10.26 %LSU | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 10.57 %LSU | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 10.85 %LSU | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 11.22 %LSU | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 11.5 %LSU | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 11.34 %LSU | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 11.54 %LSU | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 11.74 %LSU | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 11.79 %LSU | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 12.07 %LSU | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 12.31 %LSU | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 13.26 %LSU | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 13.19 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 13.57 %LSU | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 13.61 %LSU | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 13.17 %LSU | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 13.39 %LSU | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 13.61 %LSU | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.95 %LSU | 3.79 %LSU | 4.21 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.55 %LSU | 4.34 %LSU | 5.06 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.96 %LSU | 5.2 %LSU | 6.81 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.9 %LSU | 6.99 %LSU | 8.97 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.07 %LSU | 8.89 %LSU | 11.22 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.23 %LSU | 11.34 %LSU | 13.57 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.45 %LSU | 13.17 %LSU | 13.61 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near World
- 5 Trinidad and Tobago 91.54 %LSU compare
- 5 Viet Nam 27.04 %LSU compare
- 6 Bahamas 89.91 %LSU compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 17.9 %LSU compare
- 7 Kuwait 82.05 %LSU compare
- 8 Lebanon 79.23 %LSU compare
- 8 Türkiye 17.89 %LSU compare
- 9 Réunion 79.19 %LSU compare
- 9 Melanesia 12.92 %LSU compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.28 %LSU compare
- 10 Malaysia 77.99 %LSU compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.47 %LSU compare
- 11 Guyana 76.64 %LSU compare
More environment data for World
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.5 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.208 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 4.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.2123 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — share in total livestock in World?
- Chickens — share in total livestock in World was 13.61 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 13.61 %LSU in 2020.
- What is the lowest chickens — share in total livestock recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.79 %LSU in 1961.
- How does World rank for chickens — share in total livestock?
- World ranks 8th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — share in total livestock rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.