Swine / pigs — Stocks in Bhutan
Bhutan: Swine / pigs — Stocks was 5,925 LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Swine / pigs — Stocks in Bhutan, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 5,925 LSU for swine / pigs — stocks in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.4% on the previous year and up 92.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — stocks in Bhutan peaked at 17,720 LSU in 1986 and was at its lowest, 2,841 LSU, in 2014.
That places Bhutan 135th out of 172 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Swine / pigs — Stocks in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,800 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 9,000 LSU | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 9,200 LSU | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 9,400 LSU | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 9,600 LSU | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 9,800 LSU | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 10,000 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 10,100 LSU | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 10,140 LSU | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 10,180 LSU | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 10,200 LSU | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 10,300 LSU | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 10,360 LSU | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 10,400 LSU | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 10,400 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,500 LSU | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 10,600 LSU | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 10,700 LSU | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 10,800 LSU | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 10,800 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 11,100 LSU | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 11,322 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 11,548 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 11,780 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 12,016 LSU | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 17,720 LSU | +47.5% |
| 1987 | 14,657 LSU | -17.3% |
| 1988 | 13,178 LSU | -10.1% |
| 1989 | 12,657 LSU | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 11,920 LSU | -5.8% |
| 1991 | 10,000 LSU | -16.1% |
| 1992 | 8,907 LSU | -10.9% |
| 1993 | 9,000 LSU | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 9,194 LSU | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 9,538 LSU | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 12,202 LSU | +27.9% |
| 1997 | 9,859 LSU | -19.2% |
| 1998 | 10,400 LSU | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 10,453 LSU | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 8,280 LSU | -20.8% |
| 2001 | 8,166 LSU | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 8,018 LSU | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 7,710 LSU | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 7,051 LSU | -8.5% |
| 2005 | 5,632 LSU | -20.1% |
| 2006 | 5,149 LSU | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 5,393 LSU | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 5,500 LSU | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 4,437 LSU | -19.3% |
| 2010 | 3,942 LSU | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 4,234 LSU | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 3,838 LSU | -9.3% |
| 2013 | 3,075 LSU | -19.9% |
| 2014 | 2,841 LSU | -7.6% |
| 2015 | 3,145 LSU | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 3,065 LSU | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 3,763 LSU | +22.8% |
| 2018 | 4,362 LSU | +15.9% |
| 2019 | 4,014 LSU | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 3,515 LSU | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 4,591 LSU | +30.6% |
| 2022 | 6,616 LSU | +44.1% |
| 2023 | 5,925 LSU | -10.4% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 5,925 LSU is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72,581 LSU, 8% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Swine / pigs — Stocks in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +47.5% | 12,016 LSU | 17,720 LSU |
| 2022 | +44.1% | 4,591 LSU | 6,616 LSU |
| 2021 | +30.6% | 3,515 LSU | 4,591 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,560 LSU | 8,800 LSU | 10,140 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,444 LSU | 10,180 LSU | 10,800 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,678 LSU | 10,800 LSU | 17,720 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,147 LSU | 8,907 LSU | 12,202 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,534 LSU | 4,437 LSU | 8,280 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,628 LSU | 2,841 LSU | 4,362 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,162 LSU | 3,515 LSU | 6,616 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 132 Iceland 6,500 LSU compare
- 133 Mongolia 6,409 LSU compare
- 134 Montenegro 6,221 LSU compare
- 136 French Polynesia 5,879 LSU compare
- 137 Trinidad and Tobago 5,675 LSU compare
- 138 Belize 5,603 LSU compare
More environment data for Bhutan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.2782 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.5977 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.08 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.487 % 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 -5.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is swine / pigs — stocks in Bhutan?
- Swine / pigs — stocks in Bhutan was 5,925 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 17,720 LSU in 1986.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,841 LSU in 2014.
- How does Bhutan rank for swine / pigs — stocks?
- Bhutan ranks 135th out of 172 countries with data for 2023.
- Is swine / pigs — stocks rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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
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.