Americas vs China: Chickens — Stocks

Americas
5.67 million 1000 An
in 2024
China
5.35 million 1000 An
in 2024
Americas rank
4th
China rank
1st

Chickens — Stocks over time

  • Americas
  • China
02.0M4.0M6.0M196119922024

How they compare

Americas currently reports 5.67 million 1000 An against 5.35 million 1000 An in China, a difference of 321,140 1000 An.

That makes Americas's figure about 1.1 times China's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.

Americas ranks 4th and China ranks 1st of 33 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 5 and China in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas China Difference Ahead
1960s 1.34 million 1000 An 588,271 1000 An 752,896 1000 An Americas
1970s 1.74 million 1000 An 727,199 1000 An 1.01 million 1000 An Americas
1980s 2.36 million 1000 An 1.34 million 1000 An 1.02 million 1000 An Americas
1990s 3.04 million 1000 An 2.97 million 1000 An 68,872 1000 An Americas
2000s 4.21 million 1000 An 4.35 million 1000 An 143,613 1000 An China
2010s 4.97 million 1000 An 4.98 million 1000 An 9,198 1000 An China
2020s 5.58 million 1000 An 5.32 million 1000 An 254,910 1000 An Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher chickens — stocks, Americas or China?
Americas, at 5.67 million 1000 An against 5.35 million 1000 An in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in chickens — stocks between Americas and China?
321,140 1000 An, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Americas and China rank globally for chickens — stocks?
Americas ranks 4th and China ranks 1st of 33 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Chickens — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Chickens — Stocks
Unit
1000 An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,928 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.