Chickens — Stocks in Ireland
Ireland: Chickens — Stocks was 15,236 1000 An in 2020. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Stocks in Ireland, 1961–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens — stocks in Ireland is 15,236 1000 An, measured in 2020.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — stocks in Ireland peaked at 15,504 1000 An in 2017 and was at its lowest, 6,902 1000 An, in 1964.
That places Ireland 119th out of 207 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,609 1000 An | 6,902 1000 An | 8,276 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,429 1000 An | 7,887 1000 An | 9,144 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,810 1000 An | 7,340 1000 An | 8,567 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,560 1000 An | 8,187 1000 An | 11,906 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,958 1000 An | 12,300 1000 An | 15,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,818 1000 An | 13,800 1000 An | 15,504 1000 An | 8 |
| 2020s | 15,236 1000 An | 15,236 1000 An | 15,236 1000 An | 1 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More agriculture & rural data for Ireland
- Agriculture share gdp 1.06 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.06 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 35.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 1.94 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.63 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — stocks in Ireland?
- Chickens — stocks in Ireland was 15,236 1000 An in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — stocks recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 15,504 1000 An in 2017.
- What is the lowest chickens — stocks recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,902 1000 An in 1964.
- How does Ireland rank for chickens — stocks?
- Ireland ranks 119th out of 207 countries with data for 2020.
- Is chickens — stocks rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Chickens — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.