Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock in China, Taiwan Province of

China, Taiwan Province of: Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock was 53.02 %LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
53.02 %LSU
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
11th
of 172 countries
All-time high
72.87 %LSU
in 1980
All-time low
53.02 %LSU
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock in China, Taiwan Province of, 1961–2023

020406080196119922023

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

Analysis

In 2023, swine / pigs — share in total livestock in China, Taiwan Province of stood at 53.02 %LSU. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, swine / pigs — share in total livestock in China, Taiwan Province of peaked at 72.87 %LSU in 1980 and was at its lowest, 53.02 %LSU, in 2023.

China, Taiwan Province of ranks 11th of 172 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock in China, Taiwan Province of, year by year

Annual values for Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock in China, Taiwan Province of, 1961 to 2023.
Year %LSU Change
1961 67.58 %LSU
1962 67.09 %LSU -0.7%
1963 66.01 %LSU -1.6%
1964 64.56 %LSU -2.2%
1965 65.11 %LSU +0.9%
1966 66.3 %LSU +1.8%
1967 67.39 %LSU +1.6%
1968 66.7 %LSU -1.0%
1969 66.36 %LSU -0.5%
1970 66.92 %LSU +0.8%
1971 66.85 %LSU -0.1%
1972 68.05 %LSU +1.8%
1973 71.08 %LSU +4.5%
1974 71.07 %LSU -0.0%
1975 64.05 %LSU -9.9%
1976 65.58 %LSU +2.4%
1977 65.8 %LSU +0.3%
1978 65.23 %LSU -0.9%
1979 67.91 %LSU +4.1%
1980 72.87 %LSU +7.3%
1981 69.77 %LSU -4.3%
1982 68.98 %LSU -1.1%
1983 68.74 %LSU -0.3%
1984 67.53 %LSU -1.8%
1985 69.62 %LSU +3.1%
1986 70.11 %LSU +0.7%
1987 69.17 %LSU -1.3%
1988 68.38 %LSU -1.1%
1989 65.57 %LSU -4.1%
1990 68.45 %LSU +4.4%
1991 70.17 %LSU +2.5%
1992 71.71 %LSU +2.2%
1993 69.95 %LSU -2.5%
1994 68.81 %LSU -1.6%
1995 69.28 %LSU +0.7%
1996 69.42 %LSU +0.2%
1997 68.29 %LSU -1.6%
1998 60.22 %LSU -11.8%
1999 54.76 %LSU -9.1%
2000 57.22 %LSU +4.5%
2001 58.81 %LSU +2.8%
2002 58 %LSU -1.4%
2003 56.45 %LSU -2.7%
2004 57.49 %LSU +1.8%
2005 58.59 %LSU +1.9%
2006 60.57 %LSU +3.4%
2007 59.37 %LSU -2.0%
2008 59.05 %LSU -0.5%
2009 59.11 %LSU +0.1%
2010 57.86 %LSU -2.1%
2011 58.39 %LSU +0.9%
2012 59.14 %LSU +1.3%
2013 59.34 %LSU +0.3%
2014 58.65 %LSU -1.2%
2015 56.76 %LSU -3.2%
2016 57.34 %LSU +1.0%
2017 56.29 %LSU -1.8%
2018 55.92 %LSU -0.7%
2019 55.65 %LSU -0.5%
2020 54.79 %LSU -1.5%
2021 54.97 %LSU +0.3%
2022 54.11 %LSU -1.6%
2023 53.02 %LSU -2.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 66.34 %LSU 64.56 %LSU 67.58 %LSU 9
1970s 67.25 %LSU 64.05 %LSU 71.08 %LSU 10
1980s 69.07 %LSU 65.57 %LSU 72.87 %LSU 10
1990s 67.11 %LSU 54.76 %LSU 71.71 %LSU 10
2000s 58.47 %LSU 56.45 %LSU 60.57 %LSU 10
2010s 57.53 %LSU 55.65 %LSU 59.34 %LSU 10
2020s 54.22 %LSU 53.02 %LSU 54.97 %LSU 4

Countries ranked near China, Taiwan Province of

  1. 8 Denmark 65.33 %LSU compare
  2. 8 Timor-Leste 24.09 %LSU compare
  3. 9 Niue 64.38 %LSU compare
  4. 10 Spain 53.81 %LSU compare
  5. 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.15 %LSU compare
  6. 12 Cyprus 51.82 %LSU compare
  7. 13 Solomon Islands 48.48 %LSU compare
  8. 14 Tonga 45.78 %LSU compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is swine / pigs — share in total livestock in China, Taiwan Province of?
Swine / pigs — share in total livestock in China, Taiwan Province of was 53.02 %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, Taiwan Province of?
The highest recorded value was 72.87 %LSU in 1980.
What is the lowest swine / pigs — share in total livestock recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
The lowest recorded value was 53.02 %LSU in 2023.
How does China, Taiwan Province of rank for swine / pigs — share in total livestock?
China, Taiwan Province of ranks 11th out of 172 countries with data for 2023.
Is swine / pigs — share in total livestock rising or falling in China, Taiwan Province of?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this China, Taiwan Province of 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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Indicator
Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock
Unit
%LSU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
223 places, 12,804 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.