India vs South America: Poultry Birds — Stocks

India
886,518 1000 An
in 2024
South America
2.86 million 1000 An
in 2024
India rank
7th
South America rank
7th

Poultry Birds — Stocks over time

  • India
  • South America
01.0M2.0M3.0M196119922024

How they compare

South America currently reports 2.86 million 1000 An against 886,518 1000 An in India, a difference of 1.97 million 1000 An.

That makes South America's figure about 3.2 times India's.

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

India ranks 7th and South America ranks 7th of 191 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade India South America Difference Ahead
1960s 119,733 1000 An 296,114 1000 An 176,381 1000 An South America
1970s 154,511 1000 An 490,391 1000 An 335,880 1000 An South America
1980s 249,309 1000 An 813,188 1000 An 563,879 1000 An South America
1990s 330,309 1000 An 1.23 million 1000 An 899,965 1000 An South America
2000s 542,964 1000 An 1.85 million 1000 An 1.31 million 1000 An South America
2010s 760,517 1000 An 2.42 million 1000 An 1.66 million 1000 An South America
2020s 870,423 1000 An 2.80 million 1000 An 1.93 million 1000 An South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher poultry birds — stocks, India or South America?
South America, at 2.86 million 1000 An against 886,518 1000 An in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in poultry birds — stocks between India and South America?
1.97 million 1000 An, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and South America?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do India and South America rank globally for poultry birds — stocks?
India ranks 7th and South America ranks 7th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Poultry Birds — Stocks. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Poultry Birds — 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.