Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock was 39.59 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for swine / pigs — share in total livestock in China, Hong Kong SAR is 39.59 %LSU, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and down 46.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — share in total livestock in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 82.87 %LSU in 2001 and was at its lowest, 33.32 %LSU, in 2015.
That places China, Hong Kong SAR 22nd out of 172 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock in China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | %LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 51.43 %LSU | — |
| 1962 | 62.47 %LSU | +21.5% |
| 1963 | 74.07 %LSU | +18.6% |
| 1964 | 70.21 %LSU | -5.2% |
| 1965 | 68.34 %LSU | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 65.38 %LSU | -4.3% |
| 1967 | 67.49 %LSU | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 65.28 %LSU | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 65.69 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 59.7 %LSU | -9.1% |
| 1971 | 65.62 %LSU | +9.9% |
| 1972 | 64.86 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 59.76 %LSU | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 62.08 %LSU | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 68.69 %LSU | +10.6% |
| 1976 | 69.71 %LSU | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 63.95 %LSU | -8.3% |
| 1978 | 66.56 %LSU | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 66.88 %LSU | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 65.99 %LSU | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 63.75 %LSU | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 60.3 %LSU | -5.4% |
| 1983 | 63.69 %LSU | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 67.06 %LSU | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 67.69 %LSU | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 61.89 %LSU | -8.6% |
| 1987 | 54.91 %LSU | -11.3% |
| 1988 | 57.69 %LSU | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 58.63 %LSU | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 56.65 %LSU | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 51.18 %LSU | -9.7% |
| 1992 | 45.47 %LSU | -11.2% |
| 1993 | 38.03 %LSU | -16.4% |
| 1994 | 36.77 %LSU | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 41.73 %LSU | +13.5% |
| 1996 | 43.56 %LSU | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 54.66 %LSU | +25.5% |
| 1998 | 63.23 %LSU | +15.7% |
| 1999 | 81.21 %LSU | +28.4% |
| 2000 | 82.24 %LSU | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 82.87 %LSU | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 81.91 %LSU | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 80.03 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 79.6 %LSU | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 77.74 %LSU | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 77.18 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 70.89 %LSU | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 71 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 73.76 %LSU | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 74.19 %LSU | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 74.2 %LSU | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 74.02 %LSU | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 73.48 %LSU | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 73.6 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 33.32 %LSU | -54.7% |
| 2016 | 33.97 %LSU | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 37.04 %LSU | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 37.12 %LSU | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 37.88 %LSU | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 39.19 %LSU | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 37.61 %LSU | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 42.03 %LSU | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 39.59 %LSU | -5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65.6 %LSU | 51.43 %LSU | 74.07 %LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 64.78 %LSU | 59.7 %LSU | 69.71 %LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 62.16 %LSU | 54.91 %LSU | 67.69 %LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.25 %LSU | 36.77 %LSU | 81.21 %LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.72 %LSU | 70.89 %LSU | 82.87 %LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.88 %LSU | 33.32 %LSU | 74.2 %LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.61 %LSU | 37.61 %LSU | 42.03 %LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near China, Hong Kong SAR
- 19 China 40.82 %LSU compare
- 20 China, mainland 40.71 %LSU compare
- 21 Malta 40.32 %LSU compare
- 23 Republic of Korea 38.15 %LSU compare
- 24 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 36.66 %LSU compare
- 25 Samoa 36.62 %LSU compare
More environment data for China, Hong Kong SAR
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.01 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 3.91 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.03 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 73 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 219 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 261 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 545 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 11,047 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is swine / pigs — share in total livestock in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Swine / pigs — share in total livestock in China, Hong Kong SAR was 39.59 %LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest swine / pigs — share in total livestock recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 82.87 %LSU in 2001.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — share in total livestock recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.32 %LSU in 2015.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for swine / pigs — share in total livestock?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 22nd out of 172 countries with data for 2023.
- Is swine / pigs — share in total livestock rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock. 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.