Chickens — Stocks in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Chickens — Stocks was 451,310 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Stocks in Southern Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, chickens — stocks in Southern Europe stood at 451,310 LSU. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 89.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — stocks in Southern Europe peaked at 4.67 million LSU in 2017 and was at its lowest, 451,310 LSU, in 2023.
Southern Europe ranks 30th of 31 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Chickens — Stocks in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.75 million LSU | — |
| 1962 | 1.80 million LSU | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 1.97 million LSU | +9.5% |
| 1964 | 2.05 million LSU | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 2.07 million LSU | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 2.15 million LSU | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 2.25 million LSU | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 2.28 million LSU | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 2.28 million LSU | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2.33 million LSU | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 2.61 million LSU | +12.1% |
| 1972 | 2.85 million LSU | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 3.15 million LSU | +10.5% |
| 1974 | 3.24 million LSU | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 3.25 million LSU | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 3.34 million LSU | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 3.48 million LSU | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 3.46 million LSU | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 3.53 million LSU | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 3.58 million LSU | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 3.74 million LSU | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 3.69 million LSU | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 3.65 million LSU | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 3.57 million LSU | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 3.49 million LSU | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 3.51 million LSU | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 3.58 million LSU | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 3.70 million LSU | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 3.64 million LSU | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 3.80 million LSU | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 4.06 million LSU | +6.9% |
| 1992 | 3.84 million LSU | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 3.83 million LSU | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 3.82 million LSU | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 3.77 million LSU | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 4.34 million LSU | +15.2% |
| 1997 | 3.85 million LSU | -11.3% |
| 1998 | 4.00 million LSU | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 3.92 million LSU | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 3.82 million LSU | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 3.83 million LSU | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 3.85 million LSU | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 3.83 million LSU | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 3.81 million LSU | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 3.83 million LSU | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 3.83 million LSU | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3.89 million LSU | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 4.08 million LSU | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 4.22 million LSU | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 4.39 million LSU | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 4.29 million LSU | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 4.33 million LSU | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 4.38 million LSU | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 4.44 million LSU | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 4.44 million LSU | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 4.48 million LSU | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 4.67 million LSU | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 937,270 LSU | -79.9% |
| 2019 | 575,640 LSU | -38.6% |
| 2020 | 4.44 million LSU | +671.1% |
| 2021 | 479,460 LSU | -89.2% |
| 2022 | 472,800 LSU | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 451,310 LSU | -4.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens — Stocks in Southern Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +671.1% | 575,640 LSU | 4.44 million LSU |
| 2021 | -89.2% | 4.44 million LSU | 479,460 LSU |
| 2018 | -79.9% | 4.67 million LSU | 937,270 LSU |
| 2019 | -38.6% | 937,270 LSU | 575,640 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.07 million LSU | 1.75 million LSU | 2.28 million LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.12 million LSU | 2.33 million LSU | 3.53 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.62 million LSU | 3.49 million LSU | 3.74 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.92 million LSU | 3.77 million LSU | 4.34 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.90 million LSU | 3.81 million LSU | 4.22 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.69 million LSU | 575,640 LSU | 4.67 million LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.46 million LSU | 451,310 LSU | 4.44 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 27 Republic of Korea 1.82 million LSU compare
- 28 Ecuador 1.74 million LSU compare
- 29 Canada 1.71 million LSU compare
- 29 Côte d'Ivoire 1.39 million LSU compare
- 30 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.70 million LSU compare
- 31 Cabo Verde 6,710 LSU compare
- 31 Ukraine 1.65 million LSU compare
- 32 South Africa 1.63 million LSU compare
- 33 Germany 1.56 million LSU compare
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.3167 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1235 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.323 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Production 73.08 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 48.29 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood, coniferous — Production 24.80 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value 783,078 1000 USD (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 6.44 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — stocks in Southern Europe?
- Chickens — stocks in Southern Europe was 451,310 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — stocks recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4.67 million LSU in 2017.
- What is the lowest chickens — stocks recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 451,310 LSU in 2023.
- How does Southern Europe rank for chickens — stocks?
- Southern Europe ranks 30th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
- Is chickens — stocks rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 89.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.