Swine / pigs — Stocks in Belgium

Belgium: Swine / pigs — Stocks was 1.34 million LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
1.34 million LSU
Change on year
down 6.5%
World rank
31st
of 188 countries
All-time high
1.84 million LSU
in 2000
All-time low
1.34 million LSU
in 2023
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Swine / pigs — Stocks in Belgium, 2000–2023

0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2000201120232000: 1.8M LSU2001: 1.7M LSU2002: 1.7M LSU2003: 1.6M LSU2004: 1.6M LSU2005: 1.6M LSU2006: 1.6M LSU2007: 1.6M LSU2008: 1.6M LSU2009: 1.6M LSU2010: 1.6M LSU2011: 1.6M LSU2012: 1.7M LSU2013: 1.6M LSU2014: 1.6M LSU2015: 1.6M LSU2016: 1.5M LSU2017: 1.5M LSU2018: 1.6M LSU2019: 1.5M LSU2020: 1.6M LSU2021: 1.5M LSU2022: 1.4M LSU2023: 1.3M LSU

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

Analysis

In 2023, swine / pigs — stocks in Belgium stood at 1.34 million LSU. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is down 6.5% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, swine / pigs — stocks in Belgium peaked at 1.84 million LSU in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.34 million LSU, in 2023.

Belgium ranks 31st of 188 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1.63 million LSU 1.56 million LSU 1.84 million LSU 10
2010s 1.59 million LSU 1.52 million LSU 1.66 million LSU 10
2020s 1.46 million LSU 1.34 million LSU 1.55 million LSU 4

Countries ranked near Belgium

  1. 28 Yugoslav SFR 1.48 million LSU
  2. 29 Argentina 1.47 million LSU compare
  3. 30 Czechoslovakia 1.41 million LSU
  4. 32 China, Taiwan Province of 1.29 million LSU compare
  5. 33 Ukraine 1.24 million LSU compare
  6. 34 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.17 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 223 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is swine / pigs — stocks in Belgium?
Swine / pigs — stocks in Belgium was 1.34 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Belgium?
The highest recorded value was 1.84 million LSU in 2000.
What is the lowest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Belgium?
The lowest recorded value was 1.34 million LSU in 2023.
How does Belgium rank for swine / pigs — stocks?
Belgium ranks 31st out of 188 countries with data for 2023.
Is swine / pigs — stocks rising or falling in Belgium?
Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Belgium data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Swine / pigs — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Swine / pigs — Stocks
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.