Chickens — Stocks, per square kilometre by country
Chickens — Stocks divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
168
Highest
12.51 1000 An per square kilometre
Barbados
Lowest
0.0012 1000 An per square kilometre
Mongolia
Median
0.1983 1000 An per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,643
What the numbers show
Chickens — Stocks, per square kilometre is currently reported for 168 countries. The highest value is 12.51 1000 An per square kilometre in Barbados; the lowest is 0.0012 1000 An per square kilometre in Mongolia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1983 1000 An per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.6214 1000 An per square kilometre.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10,861.
Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 276.4%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 82.7%).
Chickens — Stocks, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barbados | 12.51 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Mauritius | 8.22 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Lebanon | 7.14 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 4.34 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Kuwait | 3.37 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Singapore | 3.15 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 8 | Qatar | 2.79 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 276.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Malta | 2.47 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 2.46 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Pakistan | 2.45 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 140.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Bahrain | 2.3 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Israel | 2.24 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 14 | Indonesia | 1.95 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Tuvalu | 1.9 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Belgium | 1.6 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 17 | Jamaica | 1.31 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Grenada | 1.18 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 19 | Malaysia | 0.9624 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Palestine | 0.9434 1000 An per square kilometre | 2022 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 21 | El Salvador | 0.9039 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Japan | 0.8605 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 23 | Kiribati | 0.8222 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Saint Lucia | 0.7836 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Ecuador | 0.7173 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Togo | 0.6543 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Tunisia | 0.6473 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Philippines | 0.6413 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 29 | Poland | 0.6372 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.6256 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 31 | Seychelles | 0.5761 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 201.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Belarus | 0.5754 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 33 | China | 0.5673 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Thailand | 0.5669 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Denmark | 0.5461 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.1% | flat |
| 36 | Puerto Rico | 0.5265 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.5% | rising |
| 37 | Morocco | 0.5054 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Cyprus | 0.5038 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 39 | Senegal | 0.4899 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Italy | 0.4819 1000 An per square kilometre | 2020 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 41 | Portugal | 0.4814 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 42 | Tonga | 0.4806 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 43 | Jordan | 0.4731 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 0.4635 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Nepal | 0.4549 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Germany | 0.4473 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 47 | Guatemala | 0.4431 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Honduras | 0.4346 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Ghana | 0.4096 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Panama | 0.4058 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 51 | France | 0.3922 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 52 | Spain | 0.3873 1000 An per square kilometre | 2020 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3664 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.3636 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 55 | Sierra Leone | 0.3559 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 104.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Uganda | 0.3541 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 124.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Iraq | 0.3476 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 194.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 0.3472 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 59 | Switzerland | 0.3329 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 60 | Bahamas | 0.3266 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Romania | 0.3219 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 62 | Mexico | 0.3195 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Fiji | 0.3171 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Greece | 0.2987 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 65 | Hungary | 0.2967 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 66 | Comoros | 0.2955 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 0.292 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Ukraine | 0.2856 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 69 | Uruguay | 0.2844 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 148.9% | volatile |
| 70 | India | 0.2842 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Czechia | 0.2824 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 72 | Dominica | 0.272 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 73 | Egypt | 0.2582 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Nigeria | 0.2578 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 75 | Nauru | 0.25 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 0.2328 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2219 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Ireland | 0.2212 1000 An per square kilometre | 2020 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 79 | Haiti | 0.2159 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 80 | Austria | 0.2158 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 81 | Malawi | 0.2095 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 82 | Myanmar | 0.2068 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Slovakia | 0.2041 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 84 | Slovenia | 0.2016 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.0% | falling |
| 85 | Uzbekistan | 0.195 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Colombia | 0.1878 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Brazil | 0.186 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1833 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.7% | rising |
| 89 | Croatia | 0.1801 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 144.4% | rising |
| 90 | Albania | 0.178 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.4% | rising |
| 91 | Serbia | 0.1655 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 92 | Samoa | 0.1586 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 0.1582 1000 An per square kilometre | 2020 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 94 | Benin | 0.1564 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 95 | Lithuania | 0.1554 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 96 | Guinea | 0.1539 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Guyana | 0.1506 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Peru | 0.1498 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Armenia | 0.1484 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 100 | South Africa | 0.1444 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Yemen | 0.1313 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Georgia | 0.1268 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.0% | falling |
| 103 | Burundi | 0.1251 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.1% | rising |
| 104 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1231 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.4% | rising |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | 0.1205 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Eswatini | 0.1157 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 107 | Kenya | 0.1154 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Gambia | 0.1125 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1003 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 110 | French Polynesia | 0.0971 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 111 | New Zealand | 0.096 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Latvia | 0.0952 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 113 | Cameroon | 0.0933 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Rwanda | 0.0896 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Liberia | 0.0859 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Algeria | 0.0822 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 0.0767 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Belize | 0.075 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0746 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Cambodia | 0.0739 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Madagascar | 0.073 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Luxembourg | 0.0711 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 123 | Paraguay | 0.0709 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 124 | Chile | 0.0705 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 0.0692 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 126 | South Sudan | 0.0679 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 186.1% | rising |
| 127 | Montenegro | 0.0636 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 128 | Sweden | 0.0632 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 129 | Zambia | 0.0553 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Cuba | 0.0539 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.7% | rising |
| 131 | Estonia | 0.0499 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 132 | Mali | 0.0494 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Turkmenistan | 0.0456 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 0.0453 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 135 | Norway | 0.0453 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Finland | 0.044 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 137 | Ethiopia | 0.0435 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 138 | Argentina | 0.0414 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 139 | Angola | 0.0383 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 140 | New Caledonia | 0.0331 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 0.0324 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Suriname | 0.0313 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 143 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.029 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.4% | falling |
| 144 | Sudan | 0.0283 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 145 | Mozambique | 0.0253 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 146 | Libya | 0.0217 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Bhutan | 0.0215 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Lesotho | 0.0206 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.3% | falling |
| 149 | Afghanistan | 0.0205 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 150 | Canada | 0.0196 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 151 | Niger | 0.0165 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 152 | Kazakhstan | 0.0164 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 153 | Oman | 0.0163 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Australia | 0.0141 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0136 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 156 | Gabon | 0.0132 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Central African Republic | 0.0111 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0105 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Eritrea | 0.0098 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | 0.0089 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 161 | Congo | 0.0088 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 162 | Somalia | 0.0063 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 163 | Namibia | 0.0051 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Chad | 0.0049 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 165 | Mauritania | 0.0046 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 166 | Iceland | 0.0022 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 167 | Botswana | 0.0014 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Mongolia | 0.0012 1000 An per square kilometre | 2023 | up 266.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.2089 1000 An per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Chickens — Stocks divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Chickens — Stocks ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Chickens — Stocks Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Chickens — Stocks divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.