China, mainland vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Chickens — Stocks

China, mainland
5.24 million 1000 An
in 2024
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
5.15 million 1000 An
in 2024
China, mainland rank
2nd
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank
5th

Chickens — Stocks over time

  • China, mainland
  • Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M196119922024

How they compare

China, mainland currently reports 5.24 million 1000 An against 5.15 million 1000 An in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), a difference of 89,350 1000 An.

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

China, mainland ranks 2nd and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th of 191 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade China, mainland Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) Difference Ahead
1960s 575,556 1000 An 382,915 1000 An 192,640 1000 An China, mainland
1970s 698,200 1000 An 578,726 1000 An 119,474 1000 An China, mainland
1980s 1.28 million 1000 An 860,547 1000 An 416,453 1000 An China, mainland
1990s 2.86 million 1000 An 1.37 million 1000 An 1.49 million 1000 An China, mainland
2000s 4.24 million 1000 An 2.12 million 1000 An 2.12 million 1000 An China, mainland
2010s 4.88 million 1000 An 3.41 million 1000 An 1.47 million 1000 An China, mainland
2020s 5.21 million 1000 An 4.71 million 1000 An 500,234 1000 An China, mainland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher chickens — stocks, China, mainland or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
China, mainland, at 5.24 million 1000 An against 5.15 million 1000 An in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) as of 2024.
What is the difference in chickens — stocks between China, mainland and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
89,350 1000 An, with China, mainland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China, mainland and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for chickens — stocks?
China, mainland ranks 2nd and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th 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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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
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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.