Chickens — Stocks in Americas

Americas: Chickens — Stocks was 56.50 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
56.50 million LSU
Change on year
up 0.5%
Rank
3rd
of 31 groups
All-time high
56.50 million LSU
in 2023
All-time low
11.86 million LSU
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Chickens — Stocks in Americas, 1961–2023

10.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M60.0M196119922023

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

Analysis

Americas recorded 56.50 million LSU for chickens — stocks in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, chickens — stocks in Americas peaked at 56.50 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11.86 million LSU, in 1961.

Americas ranks 3rd of 31 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Chickens — Stocks in Americas, year by year

Annual values for Chickens — Stocks in Americas, 1961 to 2023.
Year LSU Change
1961 11.86 million LSU —
1962 12.21 million LSU +2.9%
1963 12.43 million LSU +1.8%
1964 12.87 million LSU +3.6%
1965 13.33 million LSU +3.5%
1966 13.68 million LSU +2.6%
1967 14.34 million LSU +4.9%
1968 14.72 million LSU +2.6%
1969 15.27 million LSU +3.7%
1970 15.64 million LSU +2.4%
1971 15.70 million LSU +0.4%
1972 16.36 million LSU +4.2%
1973 16.47 million LSU +0.7%
1974 16.67 million LSU +1.2%
1975 16.99 million LSU +1.9%
1976 17.89 million LSU +5.3%
1977 18.33 million LSU +2.5%
1978 19.05 million LSU +3.9%
1979 20.59 million LSU +8.0%
1980 21.65 million LSU +5.2%
1981 22.16 million LSU +2.4%
1982 22.37 million LSU +1.0%
1983 22.04 million LSU -1.5%
1984 22.66 million LSU +2.8%
1985 23.31 million LSU +2.9%
1986 24.20 million LSU +3.8%
1987 25.54 million LSU +5.5%
1988 25.88 million LSU +1.3%
1989 26.60 million LSU +2.8%
1990 27.47 million LSU +3.3%
1991 25.38 million LSU -7.6%
1992 26.48 million LSU +4.4%
1993 28.17 million LSU +6.4%
1994 29.58 million LSU +5.0%
1995 31.23 million LSU +5.6%
1996 32.20 million LSU +3.1%
1997 33.34 million LSU +3.6%
1998 34.11 million LSU +2.3%
1999 35.65 million LSU +4.5%
2000 36.97 million LSU +3.7%
2001 38.13 million LSU +3.1%
2002 39.61 million LSU +3.9%
2003 39.90 million LSU +0.7%
2004 41.25 million LSU +3.4%
2005 43.02 million LSU +4.3%
2006 43.67 million LSU +1.5%
2007 45.21 million LSU +3.5%
2008 46.69 million LSU +3.3%
2009 46.66 million LSU -0.1%
2010 47.71 million LSU +2.2%
2011 47.59 million LSU -0.2%
2012 47.49 million LSU -0.2%
2013 47.72 million LSU +0.5%
2014 48.64 million LSU +1.9%
2015 49.57 million LSU +1.9%
2016 50.31 million LSU +1.5%
2017 51.75 million LSU +2.9%
2018 52.63 million LSU +1.7%
2019 53.77 million LSU +2.2%
2020 54.36 million LSU +1.1%
2021 55.48 million LSU +2.1%
2022 56.23 million LSU +1.3%
2023 56.50 million LSU +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 13.41 million LSU 11.86 million LSU 15.27 million LSU 9
1970s 17.37 million LSU 15.64 million LSU 20.59 million LSU 10
1980s 23.64 million LSU 21.65 million LSU 26.60 million LSU 10
1990s 30.36 million LSU 25.38 million LSU 35.65 million LSU 10
2000s 42.11 million LSU 36.97 million LSU 46.69 million LSU 10
2010s 49.72 million LSU 47.49 million LSU 53.77 million LSU 10
2020s 55.64 million LSU 54.36 million LSU 56.50 million LSU 4

Countries ranked near Americas

  1. 1 China 53.25 million LSU compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 52.17 million LSU compare
  3. 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 10.18 million LSU compare
  4. 3 OECD 44.43 million LSU compare
  5. 4 Indonesia 37.02 million LSU compare
  6. 4 Viet Nam 4.57 million LSU compare
  7. 5 Pakistan 18.87 million LSU compare
  8. 6 Brazil 15.78 million LSU compare
  9. 6 Türkiye 3.69 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 244 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is chickens — stocks in Americas?
Chickens — stocks in Americas was 56.50 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest chickens — stocks recorded in Americas?
The highest recorded value was 56.50 million LSU in 2023.
What is the lowest chickens — stocks recorded in Americas?
The lowest recorded value was 11.86 million LSU in 1961.
How does Americas rank for chickens — stocks?
Americas ranks 3rd out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
Is chickens — stocks rising or falling in Americas?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Americas data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chickens — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Chickens — Stocks
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
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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.