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Chickens — Stocks by country

The Livestock Manure domain of FAOSTAT contains estimates of nitrogen (N) inputs to agricultural soils from livestock manure. Data on the N losses to air and water are also disseminated. These estimates are compiled using official FAOSTAT statistics of animal stocks and by applying the internationally approved...

Countries reporting
209
Highest
5.33 billion An
China
Lowest
5,000 An
Tokelau
Median
21.43 million An
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
14,071

What the numbers show

Chickens — Stocks is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 5.33 billion An in China; the lowest is 5,000 An in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 21.43 million An, and the mean is 177.95 million An.

Over the past decade 164 countries rose and 42 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 272.5%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 61.7%).

Chickens — Stocks: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 5.33 billion An 2023 up 10.1% volatile
2 China, mainland 5.22 billion An 2023 up 10.0% volatile
3 OECD 4.44 billion An 2023 up 0.5% rising
4 Indonesia 3.70 billion An 2023 up 106.5% volatile
5 Pakistan 1.89 billion An 2023 up 140.4% volatile
6 Brazil 1.58 billion An 2023 up 26.5% volatile
7 USSR 1.12 billion An 1991 up 16.2% rising
8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.02 billion An 2023 up 9.8% volatile
9 India 845.00 million An 2023 up 19.2% volatile
10 Mexico 621.07 million An 2023 up 18.5% volatile
11 Russian Federation 499.22 million An 2023 up 11.7% rising
12 Viet Nam 457.22 million An 2023 up 95.0% volatile
13 Türkiye 368.62 million An 2023 up 38.5% volatile
14 Caribbean 344.81 million An 2023 up 25.4% volatile
15 Bangladesh 319.69 million An 2023 up 28.4% volatile
16 Japan 313.73 million An 2023 up 2.4% rising
17 Malaysia 313.10 million An 2023 up 13.9% volatile
18 Thailand 288.76 million An 2023 up 11.4% volatile
19 Egypt 273.33 million An 2023 up 95.0% volatile
20 Dominican Republic 239.64 million An 2023 up 41.0% volatile
21 Nigeria 227.84 million An 2023 up 69.0% rising
22 Morocco 224.29 million An 2023 up 21.2% volatile
23 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 223.24 million An 2023 up 17.2% volatile
24 France 220.79 million An 2023 down 12.2% rising
25 Saudi Arabia 214.33 million An 2023 up 18.1% volatile
26 Colombia 208.33 million An 2023 up 48.8% volatile
27 Algeria 200.03 million An 2023 up 53.9% volatile
28 Poland 195.15 million An 2023 up 66.7% rising
29 Spain 193.48 million An 2020 up 8.5% rising
30 Peru 191.70 million An 2023 up 39.2% volatile
31 Philippines 191.20 million An 2023 up 17.0% rising
32 Republic of Korea 182.13 million An 2023 up 20.3% volatile
33 Ecuador 173.78 million An 2023 up 6.1% volatile
34 Canada 171.49 million An 2023 up 3.0% rising
35 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 170.23 million An 2023 up 12.0% rising
36 Ukraine 165.47 million An 2023 down 15.3% rising
37 Germany 156.30 million An 2023 down 2.8% flat
38 Iraq 144.99 million An 2023 up 183.2% volatile
39 Italy 142.50 million An 2020 up 9.6% rising
40 Côte d'Ivoire 138.54 million An 2023 up 137.3% volatile
41 Myanmar 135.00 million An 2023 down 38.5% volatile
42 Australia and New Zealand 133.79 million An 2023 up 13.6% rising
43 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 133.20 million An 2023 up 9.2% volatile
44 Belarus 119.66 million An 2023 up 49.6% volatile
45 Argentina 113.42 million An 2023 up 6.0% rising
46 Australia 108.52 million An 2023 up 10.0% rising
47 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 105.18 million An 2017 up 13.4% rising
48 China, Taiwan Province of 102.72 million An 2023 up 12.1% volatile
49 Senegal 102.37 million An 2023 up 109.8% volatile
50 Tunisia 99.64 million An 2023 up 13.2% volatile
51 Ghana 93.67 million An 2023 up 47.0% volatile
52 Uzbekistan 89.95 million An 2023 up 92.2% volatile
53 Romania 77.75 million An 2023 down 3.0% rising
54 Yugoslav SFR 70.63 million An 1991 up 15.7% rising
55 Yemen 69.60 million An 2023 up 10.5% volatile
56 Lebanon 68.50 million An 2023 up 15.1% volatile
57 Kenya 67.04 million An 2023 up 68.1% volatile
58 Nepal 65.20 million An 2023 up 36.0% volatile
59 Mali 60.31 million An 2023 up 63.7% volatile
60 Kuwait 60.23 million An 2023 up 37.0% volatile
61 Ethiopia PDR 58.50 million An 1992 up 12.9% rising
62 Ethiopia 54.97 million An 2023 up 7.1% rising
63 Chile 52.34 million An 2023 up 10.1% rising
64 Lao People's Democratic Republic 52.23 million An 2023 up 70.0% volatile
65 Republic of Moldova 50.70 million An 2023 up 55.5% rising
66 Sudan 50.34 million An 2023 up 9.2% rising
67 Uruguay 49.43 million An 2023 up 147.2% volatile
68 Portugal 49.31 million An 2020 up 53.0% rising
69 Belgium 48.75 million An 2023 up 34.6% rising
70 Uganda 48.66 million An 2023 up 53.6% volatile
71 Belgium-Luxembourg 48.63 million An 1999 up 58.4% rising
72 Israel 48.51 million An 2023 up 20.7% rising
73 Angola 48.03 million An 2023 up 76.5% volatile
74 Honduras 47.90 million An 2023 up 7.6% volatile
75 Cameroon 47.69 million An 2023 down 1.7% volatile
76 Guatemala 47.22 million An 2023 up 31.2% volatile
77 Madagascar 45.08 million An 2023 up 67.0% volatile
78 Sudan (former) 45.00 million An 2011 up 22.2% rising
79 Kazakhstan 44.17 million An 2023 up 36.3% rising
80 Czechoslovakia 43.46 million An 1992 down 4.0% rising
81 Jordan 42.41 million An 2023 up 41.4% volatile
82 Zambia 41.29 million An 2023 up 8.7% volatile
83 Guinea 41.16 million An 2023 up 62.8% volatile
84 Trinidad and Tobago 40.64 million An 2023 up 16.1% volatile
85 United Republic of Tanzania 40.64 million An 2023 up 14.5% rising
86 Libya 37.90 million An 2023 up 8.7% volatile
87 Greece 37.30 million An 2018 up 17.4% rising
88 Togo 35.92 million An 2023 up 43.7% volatile
89 South Sudan 35.56 million An 2023 up 137.0% rising
90 Burkina Faso 32.98 million An 2023 up 0.6% volatile
91 Guyana 32.09 million An 2023 up 27.3% volatile
92 Qatar 32.04 million An 2023 up 272.5% volatile
93 Sweden 31.76 million An 2018 up 41.2% rising
94 Cuba 30.24 million An 2023 down 6.7% rising
95 Panama 30.10 million An 2023 up 51.6% volatile
96 Hungary 29.12 million An 2023 down 3.2% falling
97 Azerbaijan 28.70 million An 2023 up 21.6% rising
98 Nicaragua 28.34 million An 2023 up 34.3% volatile
99 Costa Rica 26.74 million An 2023 up 15.3% volatile
100 United Arab Emirates 26.12 million An 2023 up 21.5% volatile
101 Paraguay 25.47 million An 2023 up 50.7% rising
102 New Zealand 25.27 million An 2023 up 32.4% volatile
103 Sierra Leone 22.90 million An 2023 up 81.9% volatile
104 Czechia 21.96 million An 2023 down 2.6% falling
105 Turkmenistan 21.43 million An 2023 up 33.9% rising
106 Brunei Darussalam 21.13 million An 2023 up 11.2% volatile
107 Niger 20.95 million An 2023 up 18.4% rising
108 Denmark 20.16 million An 2023 up 6.2% flat
109 Mozambique 19.88 million An 2023 down 9.5% rising
110 Malawi 19.74 million An 2023 up 14.8% rising
111 Democratic Republic of the Congo 19.00 million An 2023 down 6.2% rising
112 El Salvador 18.77 million An 2023 up 21.1% volatile
113 Finland 18.70 million An 2023 up 72.9% rising
114 Sri Lanka 18.07 million An 2023 up 8.5% rising
115 Benin 17.64 million An 2023 down 3.1% rising
116 Zimbabwe 17.51 million An 2023 up 9.0% rising
117 Bulgaria 17.18 million An 2020 up 7.3% falling
118 Mauritius 16.76 million An 2023 up 15.6% volatile
119 Austria 16.74 million An 2017 up 23.3% rising
120 Norway 16.48 million An 2023 up 3.2% volatile
121 Syrian Arab Republic 15.49 million An 2023 down 19.3% volatile
122 Ireland 15.24 million An 2020 up 10.4% rising
123 Serbia and Montenegro 14.82 million An 2005 down 36.9% falling
124 Jamaica 14.13 million An 2023 up 4.6% volatile
125 Serbia 13.91 million An 2023 down 19.6% falling
126 Afghanistan 13.36 million An 2023 up 10.8% rising
127 Switzerland 13.15 million An 2023 up 31.5% rising
128 Cambodia 12.82 million An 2023 down 1.4% volatile
129 Melanesia 11.71 million An 2023 up 8.6% volatile
130 Tajikistan 11.51 million An 2023 up 129.2% volatile
131 Croatia 10.34 million An 2023 up 150.7% rising
132 Lithuania 9.73 million An 2023 up 10.4% rising
133 Slovakia 9.40 million An 2023 down 18.4% falling
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.38 million An 2023 down 61.7% rising
135 Georgia 8.81 million An 2023 up 53.0% falling
136 Liberia 8.55 million An 2023 up 12.5% volatile
137 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6.64 million An 2023 down 56.6% flat
138 Chad 6.16 million An 2023 up 2.7% rising
139 Haiti 5.95 million An 2023 up 4.4% rising
140 Latvia 5.92 million An 2023 up 20.6% rising
141 Fiji 5.74 million An 2023 up 17.2% volatile
142 Palestine 5.66 million An 2023 down 8.9% falling
143 Kyrgyzstan 5.55 million An 2023 up 46.4% falling
144 Suriname 5.11 million An 2023 up 3.2% rising
145 Oman 5.02 million An 2023 up 9.2% volatile
146 Barbados 5.02 million An 2023 up 39.5% volatile
147 Albania 4.88 million An 2023 down 45.4% rising
148 Mauritania 4.78 million An 2023 up 3.9% rising
149 Papua New Guinea 4.74 million An 2023 up 7.7% volatile
150 Cyprus 4.66 million An 2020 up 56.2% rising
151 Puerto Rico 4.37 million An 2023 down 57.5% rising
152 Namibia 4.35 million An 2023 down 18.6% volatile
153 China, Hong Kong SAR 4.22 million An 2023 up 212.5% volatile
154 Armenia 4.19 million An 2023 up 9.4% rising
155 Slovenia 4.06 million An 2023 up 28.0% falling
156 Somalia 3.88 million An 2023 up 11.0% rising
157 Gabon 3.40 million An 2023 up 6.3% volatile
158 Rwanda 3.26 million An 2023 down 32.1% volatile
159 Bahamas 3.25 million An 2023 up 8.2% volatile
160 Burundi 3.06 million An 2023 up 65.6% rising
161 Congo 3.03 million An 2023 up 6.3% rising
162 Singapore 2.88 million An 2023 down 17.6% falling
163 Guinea-Bissau 2.14 million An 2023 up 12.6% volatile
164 Estonia 2.13 million An 2023 up 1.7% falling
165 Eswatini 1.94 million An 2023 up 2.9% volatile
166 Bahrain 1.84 million An 2023 up 77.5% volatile
167 Mongolia 1.79 million An 2023 up 267.1% volatile
168 North Macedonia 1.75 million An 2023 down 20.7% falling
169 Belize 1.70 million An 2023 up 9.2% volatile
170 Polynesia 1.21 million An 2023 down 1.5% rising
171 Eritrea 1.20 million An 2023 down 14.1% falling
172 Gambia 994,000 An 2023 down 25.5% volatile
173 Malta 884,000 An 2020 down 8.9% rising
174 Micronesia 856,000 An 2023 up 6.1% volatile
175 Botswana 820,000 An 2023 down 24.1% volatile
176 Bhutan 819,000 An 2023 up 48.4% volatile
176 China, Macao SAR 819,000 An 2023 up 12.2% rising
178 Montenegro 810,000 An 2023 up 30.6% rising
179 Timor-Leste 800,000 An 2023 down 2.4% rising
180 Cabo Verde 671,000 An 2023 down 39.9% volatile
181 Kiribati 659,000 An 2023 up 8.0% volatile
182 New Caledonia 575,000 An 2023 up 15.0% rising
183 Comoros 537,000 An 2023 up 3.3% rising
184 Saint Lucia 482,000 An 2023 up 7.1% volatile
185 Lesotho 473,000 An 2023 up 28.9% falling
186 Samoa 417,000 An 2023 down 13.8% flat
187 Vanuatu 410,000 An 2023 down 45.3% volatile
188 Grenada 399,000 An 2023 up 5.6% rising
189 Equatorial Guinea 381,000 An 2023 up 5.8% rising
190 Tonga 340,000 An 2023 up 3.0% rising
191 French Polynesia 338,000 An 2023 up 10.8% volatile
192 Seychelles 265,000 An 2023 up 201.1% volatile
193 Martinique 250,000 An 2006 down 7.4% falling
194 Solomon Islands 247,000 An 2023 up 2.9% rising
194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 247,000 An 2023 down 1.2% rising
196 Guadeloupe 240,000 An 2006 up 87.5% volatile
197 Sao Tome and Principe 224,000 An 2023 down 15.5% volatile
198 Iceland 220,000 An 2023 up 1.4% rising
199 Dominica 204,000 An 2023 up 2.0% rising
200 Micronesia (Federated States of) 192,000 An 2023 unchanged rising
201 Luxembourg 186,000 An 2022 up 64.6% rising
202 Antigua and Barbuda 158,000 An 2023 up 5.3% rising
203 French Guiana 129,000 An 2006 down 32.1% rising
204 Saint Kitts and Nevis 78,000 An 2023 down 8.2% flat
205 Tuvalu 58,000 An 2023 up 13.7% volatile
206 Cook Islands 33,000 An 2023 down 8.3% falling
207 Niue 19,000 An 2023 up 11.8% rising
208 Nauru 5,000 An 2023 unchanged rising
208 Tokelau 5,000 An 2023 unchanged rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Chickens — Stocks
Unit
An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
246 places, 14,071 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

The Livestock Manure domain of FAOSTAT contains estimates of nitrogen (N) inputs to agricultural soils from livestock manure. Data on the N losses to air and water are also disseminated. These estimates are compiled using official FAOSTAT statistics of animal stocks and by applying the internationally approved Guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Data are available by country, with global coverage and updated annually.The following elements are disseminated: 1) Stocks; 2) Amount excreted in manure (N content); 3) Manure left on pasture (N content); 4) Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N content); 5) Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content); 6) Manure treated (N content); 7) Losses from manure treated (N content); 8) Manure applied to soils (N content); 9) Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N content); 10) Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content).