China vs World: Chickens — Stocks

China
5.35 million 1000 An
in 2024
World
27.68 million 1000 An
in 2024
China rank
1st
World rank
1st

Chickens — Stocks over time

  • China
  • World
010.0M20.0M30.0M196119922024

How they compare

World currently reports 27.68 million 1000 An against 5.35 million 1000 An in China, a difference of 22.33 million 1000 An.

That makes World's figure about 5.2 times China's.

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

China ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 207 countries.

World has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China World Difference Ahead
1960s 588,271 1000 An 4.40 million 1000 An 3.81 million 1000 An World
1970s 727,199 1000 An 5.93 million 1000 An 5.20 million 1000 An World
1980s 1.34 million 1000 An 8.61 million 1000 An 7.27 million 1000 An World
1990s 2.97 million 1000 An 12.29 million 1000 An 9.32 million 1000 An World
2000s 4.35 million 1000 An 16.78 million 1000 An 12.43 million 1000 An World
2010s 4.98 million 1000 An 22.26 million 1000 An 17.27 million 1000 An World
2020s 5.32 million 1000 An 26.73 million 1000 An 21.40 million 1000 An World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher chickens — stocks, China or World?
World, at 27.68 million 1000 An against 5.35 million 1000 An in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in chickens — stocks between China and World?
22.33 million 1000 An, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China and World rank globally for chickens — stocks?
China ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 207 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.