Chickens — Stocks in South America
South America: Chickens — Stocks was 2.82 million 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chickens — Stocks in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
South America recorded 2.82 million 1000 An for chickens — stocks in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — stocks in South America peaked at 2.82 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 259,302 1000 An, in 1961.
That places South America 5th out of 41 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 288,350 1000 An | 259,302 1000 An | 328,744 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 480,941 1000 An | 342,361 1000 An | 627,905 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 797,808 1000 An | 726,648 1000 An | 888,894 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.20 million 1000 An | 915,730 1000 An | 1.47 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.80 million 1000 An | 1.56 million 1000 An | 2.15 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.36 million 1000 An | 2.21 million 1000 An | 2.61 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.76 million 1000 An | 2.66 million 1000 An | 2.82 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 75.21 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks 390.62 million An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 13,793 g/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — stocks in South America?
- Chickens — stocks in South America was 2.82 million 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — stocks recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.82 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest chickens — stocks recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 259,302 1000 An in 1961.
- How does South America rank for chickens — stocks?
- South America ranks 5th out of 41 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chickens — stocks rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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.