Chickens — Stocks in Malta

Malta: Chickens — Stocks was 8,840 LSU in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
8,840 LSU
Change on year
down 12.0%
World rank
161st
of 193 countries
All-time high
15,590 LSU
in 2001
All-time low
4,730 LSU
in 1966
Years of data
58
1961–2020

Chickens — Stocks in Malta, 1961–2020

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

Analysis

In 2020, chickens — stocks in Malta stood at 8,840 LSU.

That represents a change of down 12.0% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, chickens — stocks in Malta peaked at 15,590 LSU in 2001 and was at its lowest, 4,730 LSU, in 1966.

That places Malta 161st out of 193 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.

Chickens — Stocks in Malta, year by year

Annual values for Chickens — Stocks in Malta, 1961 to 2020.
Year LSU Change
1961 5,050 LSU —
1962 5,260 LSU +4.2%
1963 5,200 LSU -1.1%
1964 5,480 LSU +5.4%
1965 6,170 LSU +12.6%
1966 4,730 LSU -23.3%
1967 5,350 LSU +13.1%
1968 9,740 LSU +82.1%
1969 9,360 LSU -3.9%
1970 9,890 LSU +5.7%
1971 12,530 LSU +26.7%
1972 11,180 LSU -10.8%
1973 10,360 LSU -7.3%
1974 8,140 LSU -21.4%
1975 9,210 LSU +13.1%
1976 10,020 LSU +8.8%
1977 10,740 LSU +7.2%
1978 11,420 LSU +6.3%
1979 13,940 LSU +22.1%
1980 10,950 LSU -21.4%
1981 13,640 LSU +24.6%
1982 11,920 LSU -12.6%
1983 10,630 LSU -10.8%
1984 10,000 LSU -5.9%
1985 10,000 LSU +0.0%
1986 10,000 LSU +0.0%
1987 9,000 LSU -10.0%
1988 9,000 LSU +0.0%
1989 8,500 LSU -5.6%
1990 8,500 LSU +0.0%
1991 9,000 LSU +5.9%
1992 9,000 LSU +0.0%
1993 9,000 LSU +0.0%
1994 9,000 LSU +0.0%
1995 8,100 LSU -10.0%
1996 8,200 LSU +1.2%
1997 8,200 LSU +0.0%
1998 8,200 LSU +0.0%
1999 8,200 LSU +0.0%
2000 8,200 LSU +0.0%
2001 15,590 LSU +90.1%
2002 10,000 LSU -35.9%
2003 13,580 LSU +35.8%
2004 10,000 LSU -26.4%
2005 10,440 LSU +4.4%
2006 10,060 LSU -3.6%
2007 11,140 LSU +10.7%
2008 11,840 LSU +6.3%
2009 10,750 LSU -9.2%
2010 9,700 LSU -9.8%
2011 9,200 LSU -5.2%
2012 9,700 LSU +5.4%
2013 9,180 LSU -5.4%
2014 10,000 LSU +8.9%
2015 10,350 LSU +3.5%
2016 10,240 LSU -1.1%
2017 10,040 LSU -2.0%
2020 8,840 LSU -12.0%

Malta compared with similar countries

  • Malta's 8,840 LSU is below the median for high income countries, which is 194,265 LSU, 5% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Malta's 8,840 LSU is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 543,700 LSU, 2% of the median. (20 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Chickens — Stocks in Malta 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.

YearChange FromTo
2001 +90.1% 8,200 LSU 15,590 LSU
1968 +82.1% 5,350 LSU 9,740 LSU

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 6,260 LSU 4,730 LSU 9,740 LSU 9
1970s 10,743 LSU 8,140 LSU 13,940 LSU 10
1980s 10,364 LSU 8,500 LSU 13,640 LSU 10
1990s 8,540 LSU 8,100 LSU 9,000 LSU 10
2000s 11,160 LSU 8,200 LSU 15,590 LSU 10
2010s 9,801 LSU 9,180 LSU 10,350 LSU 8
2020s 8,840 LSU 8,840 LSU 8,840 LSU 1

Countries ranked near Malta

  1. 158 Belize 17,030 LSU compare
  2. 159 Eritrea 12,030 LSU compare
  3. 160 Gambia 9,940 LSU compare
  4. 162 Botswana 8,200 LSU compare
  5. 163 Bhutan 8,190 LSU compare
  6. 163 China, Macao SAR 8,190 LSU compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is chickens — stocks in Malta?
Chickens — stocks in Malta was 8,840 LSU in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest chickens — stocks recorded in Malta?
The highest recorded value was 15,590 LSU in 2001.
What is the lowest chickens — stocks recorded in Malta?
The lowest recorded value was 4,730 LSU in 1966.
How does Malta rank for chickens — stocks?
Malta ranks 161st out of 193 countries with data for 2020.
Is chickens — stocks rising or falling in Malta?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malta 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.