Chickens — Stocks in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Chickens — Stocks was 18,716 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Chickens — Stocks in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for chickens — stocks in Sri Lanka is 18,716 1000 An, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — stocks in Sri Lanka peaked at 24,311 1000 An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,765 1000 An, in 1962.
That places Sri Lanka 102nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Chickens — Stocks in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,841 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 3,765 1000 An | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 6,129 1000 An | +62.8% |
| 1964 | 6,279 1000 An | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 6,090 1000 An | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 6,500 1000 An | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 6,256 1000 An | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 6,748 1000 An | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 6,578 1000 An | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 6,856 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 7,593 1000 An | +10.7% |
| 1972 | 7,227 1000 An | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 7,528 1000 An | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 6,521 1000 An | -13.4% |
| 1975 | 5,685 1000 An | -12.8% |
| 1976 | 5,700 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 5,833 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 4,912 1000 An | -15.8% |
| 1979 | 5,882 1000 An | +19.7% |
| 1980 | 6,341 1000 An | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 6,296 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 6,249 1000 An | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 6,457 1000 An | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 6,614 1000 An | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 7,098 1000 An | +7.3% |
| 1986 | 7,637 1000 An | +7.6% |
| 1987 | 8,588 1000 An | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 8,645 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 8,833 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 8,796 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 8,261 1000 An | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 8,746 1000 An | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 9,261 1000 An | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 9,466 1000 An | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 9,504 1000 An | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 9,136 1000 An | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 9,243 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 9,566 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 9,923 1000 An | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 10,622 1000 An | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 10,655 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 11,564 1000 An | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 9,774 1000 An | -15.5% |
| 2004 | 11,042 1000 An | +13.0% |
| 2005 | 11,636 1000 An | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 13,313 1000 An | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 13,779 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 14,331 1000 An | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 13,615 1000 An | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 14,018 1000 An | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 14,199 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 14,038 1000 An | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 16,646 1000 An | +18.6% |
| 2014 | 16,630 1000 An | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 16,744 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 21,056 1000 An | +25.8% |
| 2017 | 21,276 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 20,531 1000 An | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 20,411 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 24,278 1000 An | +18.9% |
| 2021 | 24,311 1000 An | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 22,767 1000 An | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 18,065 1000 An | -20.7% |
| 2024 | 18,716 1000 An | +3.6% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 18,716 1000 An is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18,904 1000 An, 99% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 18,716 1000 An is below the median for South Asia, which is 56,916 1000 An, 33% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Chickens — Stocks in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +62.8% | 3,765 1000 An | 6,129 1000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,798 1000 An | 3,765 1000 An | 6,748 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,374 1000 An | 4,912 1000 An | 7,593 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,276 1000 An | 6,249 1000 An | 8,833 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,190 1000 An | 8,261 1000 An | 9,923 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,033 1000 An | 9,774 1000 An | 14,331 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,555 1000 An | 14,018 1000 An | 21,276 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,627 1000 An | 18,065 1000 An | 24,311 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — stocks in Sri Lanka?
- Chickens — stocks in Sri Lanka was 18,716 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — stocks recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 24,311 1000 An in 2021.
- What is the lowest chickens — stocks recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,765 1000 An in 1962.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for chickens — stocks?
- Sri Lanka ranks 102nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is chickens — stocks rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.