Brazil vs China, mainland: Chickens — Stocks

Brazil
1.58 million 1000 An
in 2024
China, mainland
5.24 million 1000 An
in 2024
Brazil rank
5th
China, mainland rank
2nd

Chickens — Stocks over time

  • Brazil
  • China, mainland
02.0M4.0M6.0M196119922024

How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 5.24 million 1000 An against 1.58 million 1000 An in Brazil, a difference of 3.66 million 1000 An.

That makes China, mainland's figure about 3.3 times Brazil's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 191 countries.

China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil China, mainland Difference Ahead
1960s 160,513 1000 An 575,556 1000 An 415,043 1000 An China, mainland
1970s 292,547 1000 An 698,200 1000 An 405,653 1000 An China, mainland
1980s 479,643 1000 An 1.28 million 1000 An 797,357 1000 An China, mainland
1990s 690,354 1000 An 2.86 million 1000 An 2.17 million 1000 An China, mainland
2000s 1.00 million 1000 An 4.24 million 1000 An 3.24 million 1000 An China, mainland
2010s 1.33 million 1000 An 4.88 million 1000 An 3.55 million 1000 An China, mainland
2020s 1.54 million 1000 An 5.21 million 1000 An 3.67 million 1000 An China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher chickens — stocks, Brazil or China, mainland?
China, mainland, at 5.24 million 1000 An against 1.58 million 1000 An in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in chickens — stocks between Brazil and China, mainland?
3.66 million 1000 An, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China, mainland?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Brazil and China, mainland rank globally for chickens — stocks?
Brazil ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 2nd of 191 countries.
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.