Chickens — Stocks, per square kilometre by country
Chickens — Stocks divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
168
Highest
11,679 An per square kilometre
Barbados
Lowest
1.15 An per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
203.47 An per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,692
What the numbers show
Chickens — Stocks, per square kilometre is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 11,679 An per square kilometre in Barbados; the lowest is 1.15 An per square kilometre in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 203.47 An per square kilometre, and the mean is 627.7 An per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10,140.
Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 276.4%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 61.7%).
Chickens — Stocks, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbados | 11,679 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Mauritius | 8,392 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7,922 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Lebanon | 6,696 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 4,972 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Singapore | 4,015 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 7 | Kuwait | 3,380 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Qatar | 2,788 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 276.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Malta | 2,762 An per square kilometre | 2020 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 2,460 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Pakistan | 2,448 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 140.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Bahrain | 2,299 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Israel | 2,242 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 14 | Indonesia | 1,956 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Tuvalu | 1,933 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Belgium | 1,599 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 17 | Jamaica | 1,304 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Grenada | 1,174 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 19 | Malaysia | 952.98 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Palestine | 939.75 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 21 | El Salvador | 906.03 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Japan | 860.54 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 23 | Kiribati | 813.58 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 790.16 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Ecuador | 699.71 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Togo | 660.49 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Tunisia | 641.32 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Philippines | 641.25 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 29 | Poland | 637.17 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 633.33 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 31 | Belarus | 589.5 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Seychelles | 576.09 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 201.1% | volatile |
| 33 | China | 567.21 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Thailand | 565.21 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Portugal | 538.25 An per square kilometre | 2020 | up 52.9% | rising |
| 36 | Senegal | 531.73 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 523.72 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Denmark | 503.9 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 39 | Cyprus | 503.79 An per square kilometre | 2020 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 40 | Morocco | 502.56 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Puerto Rico | 492.11 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 57.5% | rising |
| 42 | Italy | 481.89 An per square kilometre | 2020 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 43 | Jordan | 477.63 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Tonga | 472.22 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 45 | Nepal | 454.87 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Germany | 447.3 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 47 | Guatemala | 440.61 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Honduras | 428.12 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Ghana | 411.66 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 50 | France | 409.66 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 51 | Panama | 405.81 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Spain | 387.3 An per square kilometre | 2020 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 367.73 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Antigua and Barbuda | 359.09 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 347.22 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 56 | Romania | 337.93 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 57 | Iraq | 333.99 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 183.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Switzerland | 332.88 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 59 | Bahamas | 324.28 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Mexico | 319.49 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Hungary | 319.13 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 317.3 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 81.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Fiji | 314.34 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 300 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 292.03 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Cuba | 291.35 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 67 | Greece | 289.37 An per square kilometre | 2018 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 68 | Comoros | 288.56 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 69 | Ukraine | 285.58 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 70 | Czechia | 284.54 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 71 | India | 284.21 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Uruguay | 282.43 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 147.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Egypt | 274.58 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Dominica | 272 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 75 | Nigeria | 250.16 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 76 | Nauru | 250 An per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 77 | Uganda | 242.67 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Nicaragua | 235.51 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Sao Tome and Principe | 233.33 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Ireland | 221.16 An per square kilometre | 2020 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 81 | Haiti | 215.97 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 82 | Malawi | 209.42 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 83 | Myanmar | 206.84 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 204.13 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Austria | 202.81 An per square kilometre | 2017 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 86 | Slovenia | 201.59 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 87 | Slovakia | 195.59 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 88 | Brazil | 188.75 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Colombia | 187.77 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Croatia | 184.83 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 150.8% | rising |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 183.26 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.7% | rising |
| 92 | Albania | 177.99 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.4% | rising |
| 93 | Guinea | 167.5 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Serbia | 165.45 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 95 | Bulgaria | 158.23 An per square kilometre | 2020 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 96 | Benin | 156.42 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 97 | Lithuania | 155.41 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 98 | Guyana | 151.97 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Samoa | 150 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 100 | Peru | 149.76 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Armenia | 148.44 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 102 | South Africa | 134.54 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Rwanda | 132.14 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Yemen | 131.83 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Georgia | 126.81 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.0% | falling |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 120.53 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Burundi | 119.04 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 108 | Kenya | 115.42 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Eswatini | 112.67 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Cameroon | 100.88 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Saudi Arabia | 99.7 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Gambia | 98.22 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 113 | French Polynesia | 97.38 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 114 | New Zealand | 95.99 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Latvia | 95.16 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 116 | Liberia | 88.75 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Algeria | 83.98 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Tajikistan | 82.93 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 131.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Sweden | 77.97 An per square kilometre | 2018 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 120 | Madagascar | 77.49 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau | 76.1 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Belize | 74.66 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Cambodia | 72.61 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Luxembourg | 72.25 An per square kilometre | 2022 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 125 | Chile | 70.47 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 126 | North Macedonia | 69.23 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 127 | Paraguay | 64.32 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 128 | Finland | 61.51 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 129 | Montenegro | 60.22 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 130 | South Sudan | 56.27 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 137.0% | rising |
| 131 | Zambia | 55.55 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Estonia | 49.89 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 133 | Mali | 49.43 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Ethiopia | 48.71 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 135 | Turkmenistan | 45.6 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 136 | Zimbabwe | 45.26 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 137 | Norway | 45.25 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Argentina | 41.44 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 139 | Angola | 38.53 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Vanuatu | 33.63 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Suriname | 31.85 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 142 | New Caledonia | 31.46 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 143 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.96 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.4% | falling |
| 144 | Sudan | 26.95 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 145 | Mozambique | 25.28 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 146 | Libya | 21.54 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Bhutan | 21.47 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Afghanistan | 20.48 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 149 | Canada | 19.51 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 150 | Niger | 16.54 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 151 | Kazakhstan | 16.36 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 152 | Oman | 16.23 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Lesotho | 15.58 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 154 | Australia | 14.11 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.58 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 156 | Gabon | 13.21 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Central African Republic | 11.31 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | 10.46 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Eritrea | 9.93 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Congo | 8.87 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | 8.82 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 162 | Somalia | 6.19 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 163 | Namibia | 5.29 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Chad | 4.9 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 165 | Mauritania | 4.64 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 166 | Iceland | 2.18 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 167 | Botswana | 1.45 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Mongolia | 1.15 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 266.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 205.76 An per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 64.28 An per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Chickens — Stocks divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Chickens — Stocks ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens — Stocks Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Chickens — Stocks divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.