Swine / pigs — Stocks in Northern America

Northern America: Swine / pigs — Stocks was 22.43 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
22.43 million LSU
Change on year
up 0.7%
Rank
7th
of 31 groups
All-time high
23.07 million LSU
in 2019
All-time low
13.74 million LSU
in 1976
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Swine / pigs — Stocks in Northern America, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

In 2023, swine / pigs — stocks in Northern America stood at 22.43 million LSU.

The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, swine / pigs — stocks in Northern America peaked at 23.07 million LSU in 2019 and was at its lowest, 13.74 million LSU, in 1976.

Northern America ranks 7th of 31 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Swine / pigs — Stocks in Northern America, year by year

Annual values for Swine / pigs — Stocks in Northern America, 1961 to 2023.
Year LSU Change
1961 15.14 million LSU —
1962 16.74 million LSU +10.6%
1963 16.93 million LSU +1.1%
1964 16.86 million LSU -0.4%
1965 15.43 million LSU -8.5%
1966 13.90 million LSU -9.9%
1967 15.74 million LSU +13.2%
1968 16.24 million LSU +3.2%
1969 16.65 million LSU +2.6%
1970 15.90 million LSU -4.5%
1971 18.75 million LSU +17.9%
1972 17.46 million LSU -6.9%
1973 16.56 million LSU -5.2%
1974 16.90 million LSU +2.1%
1975 15.18 million LSU -10.2%
1976 13.74 million LSU -9.5%
1977 15.28 million LSU +11.2%
1978 15.83 million LSU +3.6%
1979 17.18 million LSU +8.5%
1980 19.35 million LSU +12.6%
1981 18.66 million LSU -3.6%
1982 17.17 million LSU -8.0%
1983 16.11 million LSU -6.2%
1984 16.76 million LSU +4.1%
1985 16.16 million LSU -3.6%
1986 15.57 million LSU -3.7%
1987 15.23 million LSU -2.2%
1988 16.30 million LSU +7.0%
1989 16.60 million LSU +1.9%
1990 16.05 million LSU -3.4%
1991 16.96 million LSU +5.7%
1992 17.20 million LSU +1.4%
1993 17.17 million LSU -0.2%
1994 17.57 million LSU +2.3%
1995 17.37 million LSU -1.1%
1996 16.93 million LSU -2.6%
1997 18.16 million LSU +7.3%
1998 18.55 million LSU +2.1%
1999 17.94 million LSU -3.3%
2000 18.00 million LSU +0.3%
2001 18.32 million LSU +1.8%
2002 18.48 million LSU +0.9%
2003 18.80 million LSU +1.7%
2004 18.79 million LSU -0.0%
2005 18.95 million LSU +0.8%
2006 19.14 million LSU +1.0%
2007 19.15 million LSU +0.0%
2008 20.22 million LSU +5.6%
2009 19.34 million LSU -4.4%
2010 19.35 million LSU +0.0%
2011 19.74 million LSU +2.0%
2012 19.75 million LSU +0.0%
2013 19.38 million LSU -1.9%
2014 20.15 million LSU +4.0%
2015 20.52 million LSU +1.8%
2016 21.24 million LSU +3.5%
2017 21.77 million LSU +2.5%
2018 22.33 million LSU +2.6%
2019 23.07 million LSU +3.3%
2020 22.84 million LSU -1.0%
2021 22.18 million LSU -2.9%
2022 22.28 million LSU +0.5%
2023 22.43 million LSU +0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 15.96 million LSU 13.90 million LSU 16.93 million LSU 9
1970s 16.28 million LSU 13.74 million LSU 18.75 million LSU 10
1980s 16.79 million LSU 15.23 million LSU 19.35 million LSU 10
1990s 17.39 million LSU 16.05 million LSU 18.55 million LSU 10
2000s 18.92 million LSU 18.00 million LSU 20.22 million LSU 10
2010s 20.73 million LSU 19.35 million LSU 23.07 million LSU 10
2020s 22.43 million LSU 22.18 million LSU 22.84 million LSU 4

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 4 USSR 15.09 million LSU compare
  2. 5 Brazil 10.75 million LSU compare
  3. 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.13 million LSU compare
  4. 6 Spain 8.45 million LSU compare
  5. 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 797,652 LSU compare
  6. 7 Russian Federation 6.90 million LSU compare
  7. 8 Germany 5.31 million LSU compare
  8. 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 761,892 LSU compare
  9. 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 596,554 LSU compare
  10. 9 Mexico 4.88 million LSU compare
  11. 10 Canada 3.48 million LSU compare
  12. 10 Melanesia 475,177 LSU compare

See the full ranking of 223 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is swine / pigs — stocks in Northern America?
Swine / pigs — stocks in Northern America was 22.43 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Northern America?
The highest recorded value was 23.07 million LSU in 2019.
What is the lowest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Northern America?
The lowest recorded value was 13.74 million LSU in 1976.
How does Northern America rank for swine / pigs — stocks?
Northern America ranks 7th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
Is swine / pigs — stocks rising or falling in Northern America?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern America 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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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
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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.