Chickens — Stocks in Malawi
Malawi: Chickens — Stocks was 197,440 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Stocks in Malawi, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 197,440 LSU for chickens — stocks in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — stocks in Malawi peaked at 197,440 LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28,000 LSU, in 1961.
That places Malawi 101st out of 193 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens — Stocks in Malawi, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,000 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 LSU | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 32,000 LSU | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 33,000 LSU | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 35,000 LSU | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 37,000 LSU | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 39,000 LSU | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 40,000 LSU | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 67,000 LSU | +67.5% |
| 1970 | 73,000 LSU | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 67,000 LSU | -8.2% |
| 1972 | 70,000 LSU | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 73,000 LSU | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 75,000 LSU | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 77,000 LSU | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 78,000 LSU | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 78,500 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 81,000 LSU | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 83,000 LSU | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 86,000 LSU | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 88,000 LSU | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 90,000 LSU | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 92,000 LSU | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 94,000 LSU | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 96,000 LSU | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 98,000 LSU | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 100,000 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 105,000 LSU | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 110,000 LSU | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 115,000 LSU | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 120,000 LSU | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 110,000 LSU | -8.3% |
| 1993 | 125,000 LSU | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 130,000 LSU | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 135,000 LSU | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 140,000 LSU | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 142,000 LSU | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 145,000 LSU | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 147,000 LSU | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 147,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 147,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 147,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 146,000 LSU | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 147,000 LSU | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 156,000 LSU | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 152,000 LSU | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 153,000 LSU | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 155,000 LSU | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 157,000 LSU | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 160,000 LSU | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 165,000 LSU | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 170,000 LSU | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 172,000 LSU | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 180,000 LSU | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 180,810 LSU | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 183,000 LSU | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 185,380 LSU | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 188,460 LSU | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 191,510 LSU | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 194,580 LSU | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 191,490 LSU | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 194,490 LSU | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 197,440 LSU | +1.5% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 197,440 LSU is below the median for low income countries, which is 198,120 LSU, 100% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 197,440 LSU is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 175,740 LSU, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens — Stocks in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +67.5% | 40,000 LSU | 67,000 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,889 LSU | 28,000 LSU | 67,000 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 75,550 LSU | 67,000 LSU | 83,000 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 95,900 LSU | 86,000 LSU | 110,000 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 130,900 LSU | 110,000 LSU | 147,000 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 150,700 LSU | 146,000 LSU | 157,000 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 177,616 LSU | 160,000 LSU | 191,510 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 194,500 LSU | 191,490 LSU | 197,440 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More environment data for Malawi
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.9153 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.8098 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.07 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.65 % 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 5.3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — stocks in Malawi?
- Chickens — stocks in Malawi was 197,440 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — stocks recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 197,440 LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest chickens — stocks recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,000 LSU in 1961.
- How does Malawi rank for chickens — stocks?
- Malawi ranks 101st out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — stocks rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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
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.