Chickens — Stocks in Spain
Spain: Chickens — Stocks was 1.93 million LSU in 2020. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Stocks in Spain, 1961–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
In 2020, chickens — stocks in Spain stood at 1.93 million LSU. That is the highest value across all 58 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — stocks in Spain peaked at 1.93 million LSU in 2020 and was at its lowest, 342,100 LSU, in 1961.
Spain ranks 24th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Chickens — Stocks in Spain, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 342,100 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 362,480 LSU | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 418,220 LSU | +15.4% |
| 1964 | 409,730 LSU | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 373,680 LSU | -8.8% |
| 1966 | 415,500 LSU | +11.2% |
| 1967 | 444,070 LSU | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 476,620 LSU | +7.3% |
| 1969 | 488,920 LSU | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 451,970 LSU | -7.6% |
| 1971 | 710,000 LSU | +57.1% |
| 1972 | 810,000 LSU | +14.1% |
| 1973 | 920,000 LSU | +13.6% |
| 1974 | 930,000 LSU | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 970,000 LSU | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 1.07 million LSU | +10.3% |
| 1977 | 1.14 million LSU | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 1.08 million LSU | -5.3% |
| 1979 | 1.06 million LSU | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 1.07 million LSU | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 1.22 million LSU | +14.0% |
| 1982 | 1.17 million LSU | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 1.12 million LSU | -4.3% |
| 1984 | 1.08 million LSU | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 1.10 million LSU | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 1.02 million LSU | -7.3% |
| 1987 | 1.06 million LSU | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 1.11 million LSU | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 1.11 million LSU | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1.09 million LSU | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 1.50 million LSU | +37.6% |
| 1992 | 1.45 million LSU | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 1.52 million LSU | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 1.58 million LSU | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 1.62 million LSU | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 1.65 million LSU | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 1.68 million LSU | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 1.69 million LSU | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 1.70 million LSU | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 1.71 million LSU | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 1.72 million LSU | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1.75 million LSU | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 1.74 million LSU | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 1.74 million LSU | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 1.74 million LSU | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.74 million LSU | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1.74 million LSU | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1.75 million LSU | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.80 million LSU | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 1.78 million LSU | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 1.78 million LSU | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.80 million LSU | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 1.83 million LSU | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 1.83 million LSU | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.84 million LSU | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1.82 million LSU | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 1.88 million LSU | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 1.93 million LSU | +3.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 1.93 million LSU is above the median for high income countries, which is 194,265 LSU, 10.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Spain's 1.93 million LSU is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 168,570 LSU, 11.5× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens — Stocks in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +57.1% | 451,970 LSU | 710,000 LSU |
| 1991 | +37.6% | 1.09 million LSU | 1.50 million LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 414,591 LSU | 342,100 LSU | 488,920 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 914,197 LSU | 451,970 LSU | 1.14 million LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.11 million LSU | 1.02 million LSU | 1.22 million LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.55 million LSU | 1.09 million LSU | 1.70 million LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.74 million LSU | 1.71 million LSU | 1.80 million LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.82 million LSU | 1.78 million LSU | 1.88 million LSU | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.93 million LSU | 1.93 million LSU | 1.93 million LSU | 1 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More environment data for Spain
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.67 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 10.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4277 % 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 -0.5136 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — stocks in Spain?
- Chickens — stocks in Spain was 1.93 million LSU in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — stocks recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 1.93 million LSU in 2020.
- What is the lowest chickens — stocks recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 342,100 LSU in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for chickens — stocks?
- Spain ranks 24th out of 193 countries with data for 2020.
- Is chickens — stocks rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.