Chickens — Stocks in World
World: Chickens — Stocks was 27.68 million 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Chickens — Stocks in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, chickens — stocks in World stood at 27.68 million 1000 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, chickens — stocks in World peaked at 27.68 million 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.91 million 1000 An, in 1961.
World ranks 1st of 33 groups on this measure, 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 | 4.40 million 1000 An | 3.91 million 1000 An | 4.99 million 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.93 million 1000 An | 5.21 million 1000 An | 6.92 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.61 million 1000 An | 7.22 million 1000 An | 10.25 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.29 million 1000 An | 10.62 million 1000 An | 13.96 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 16.78 million 1000 An | 14.12 million 1000 An | 19.58 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.26 million 1000 An | 19.87 million 1000 An | 25.78 million 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.73 million 1000 An | 25.98 million 1000 An | 27.68 million 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.46 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 139.41 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 5.88 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 6.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is chickens — stocks in World?
- Chickens — stocks in World was 27.68 million 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest chickens — stocks recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 27.68 million 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest chickens — stocks recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.91 million 1000 An in 1961.
- How does World rank for chickens — stocks?
- World ranks 1st out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is chickens — stocks rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this World 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.