Swine / pigs — Stocks in Southern Europe

Southern Europe: Swine / pigs — Stocks was 12.47 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
12.47 million LSU
Change on year
down 1.0%
Rank
14th
of 31 groups
All-time high
12.71 million LSU
in 2021
All-time low
4.09 million LSU
in 1966
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Swine / pigs — Stocks in Southern Europe, 1961–2023

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

Analysis

Southern Europe recorded 12.47 million LSU for swine / pigs — stocks in 2023.

That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, swine / pigs — stocks in Southern Europe peaked at 12.71 million LSU in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.09 million LSU, in 1966.

That places Southern Europe 14th out of 31 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Swine / pigs — Stocks in Southern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Swine / pigs — Stocks in Southern Europe, 1961 to 2023.
Year LSU Change
1961 4.33 million LSU —
1962 4.23 million LSU -2.3%
1963 4.26 million LSU +0.6%
1964 4.55 million LSU +6.8%
1965 4.29 million LSU -5.7%
1966 4.09 million LSU -4.7%
1967 4.42 million LSU +8.2%
1968 4.69 million LSU +6.0%
1969 4.96 million LSU +5.7%
1970 5.73 million LSU +15.6%
1971 5.91 million LSU +3.1%
1972 5.76 million LSU -2.5%
1973 6.08 million LSU +5.7%
1974 6.39 million LSU +5.1%
1975 6.39 million LSU -0.1%
1976 6.51 million LSU +1.9%
1977 6.76 million LSU +3.9%
1978 7.30 million LSU +7.9%
1979 7.24 million LSU -0.8%
1980 7.54 million LSU +4.1%
1981 7.68 million LSU +1.8%
1982 8.13 million LSU +5.9%
1983 7.91 million LSU -2.7%
1984 8.25 million LSU +4.2%
1985 7.96 million LSU -3.5%
1986 8.90 million LSU +11.8%
1987 8.31 million LSU -6.6%
1988 9.27 million LSU +11.5%
1989 8.87 million LSU -4.3%
1990 8.97 million LSU +1.1%
1991 8.66 million LSU -3.4%
1992 8.89 million LSU +2.7%
1993 9.20 million LSU +3.5%
1994 9.18 million LSU -0.3%
1995 9.36 million LSU +2.0%
1996 9.28 million LSU -0.9%
1997 9.14 million LSU -1.5%
1998 9.41 million LSU +3.0%
1999 10.11 million LSU +7.4%
2000 10.22 million LSU +1.1%
2001 10.02 million LSU -2.0%
2002 10.39 million LSU +3.7%
2003 10.65 million LSU +2.5%
2004 10.87 million LSU +2.0%
2005 10.67 million LSU -1.8%
2006 11.15 million LSU +4.4%
2007 11.24 million LSU +0.9%
2008 11.09 million LSU -1.4%
2009 11.15 million LSU +0.6%
2010 10.94 million LSU -1.9%
2011 10.92 million LSU -0.2%
2012 10.58 million LSU -3.1%
2013 10.57 million LSU -0.1%
2014 10.93 million LSU +3.3%
2015 11.43 million LSU +4.6%
2016 11.51 million LSU +0.7%
2017 11.68 million LSU +1.5%
2018 11.82 million LSU +1.2%
2019 11.96 million LSU +1.1%
2020 12.38 million LSU +3.5%
2021 12.71 million LSU +2.7%
2022 12.60 million LSU -0.9%
2023 12.47 million LSU -1.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 4.42 million LSU 4.09 million LSU 4.96 million LSU 9
1970s 6.41 million LSU 5.73 million LSU 7.30 million LSU 10
1980s 8.28 million LSU 7.54 million LSU 9.27 million LSU 10
1990s 9.22 million LSU 8.66 million LSU 10.11 million LSU 10
2000s 10.75 million LSU 10.02 million LSU 11.24 million LSU 10
2010s 11.23 million LSU 10.57 million LSU 11.96 million LSU 10
2020s 12.54 million LSU 12.38 million LSU 12.71 million LSU 4

Countries ranked near Southern Europe

  1. 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 202,394 LSU compare
  2. 11 France 2.95 million LSU compare
  3. 12 Denmark 2.84 million LSU compare
  4. 12 United Republic of Tanzania 106,757 LSU compare
  5. 13 Republic of Korea 2.77 million LSU compare
  6. 13 Timor-Leste 96,129 LSU compare
  7. 14 Colombia 2.66 million LSU compare
  8. 14 Republic of Moldova 87,679 LSU compare
  9. 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.59 million LSU compare
  10. 15 Polynesia 50,322 LSU compare
  11. 16 Poland 2.44 million LSU compare
  12. 16 Micronesia 11,480 LSU compare
  13. 17 Micronesia (Federated States of) 7,793 LSU compare
  14. 17 Philippines 2.44 million LSU compare

See the full ranking of 223 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is swine / pigs — stocks in Southern Europe?
Swine / pigs — stocks in Southern Europe was 12.47 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Southern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 12.71 million LSU in 2021.
What is the lowest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Southern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 4.09 million LSU in 1966.
How does Southern Europe rank for swine / pigs — stocks?
Southern Europe ranks 14th out of 31 groups with data for 2023.
Is swine / pigs — stocks rising or falling in Southern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Southern Europe 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
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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.