Poultry Birds — Stocks in Belgium
Belgium: Poultry Birds — Stocks was 49,203 1000 An in 2023. ▲ Rising
Poultry Birds — Stocks in Belgium, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2023, poultry birds — stocks in Belgium stood at 49,203 1000 An.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.4% on the previous year and up 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poultry birds — stocks in Belgium peaked at 53,794 1000 An in 2020 and was at its lowest, 32,282 1000 An, in 2003.
That places Belgium 62nd out of 191 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Poultry Birds — Stocks in Belgium, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 39,979 1000 An | — |
| 2001 | 38,809 1000 An | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 38,178 1000 An | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 32,282 1000 An | -15.4% |
| 2004 | 36,759 1000 An | +13.9% |
| 2005 | 35,789 1000 An | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 33,064 1000 An | -7.6% |
| 2007 | 32,946 1000 An | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 32,688 1000 An | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 33,469 1000 An | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 34,591 1000 An | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 35,598 1000 An | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 35,838 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 36,439 1000 An | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 33,906 1000 An | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 37,994 1000 An | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 42,910 1000 An | +12.9% |
| 2017 | 40,469 1000 An | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 47,787 1000 An | +18.1% |
| 2019 | 49,443 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 53,794 1000 An | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 53,619 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 53,722 1000 An | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 49,203 1000 An | -8.4% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 49,203 1000 An is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,920 1000 An, 2.5× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 49,203 1000 An is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17,071 1000 An, 2.9× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35,396 1000 An | 32,282 1000 An | 39,979 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,498 1000 An | 33,906 1000 An | 49,443 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 52,584 1000 An | 49,203 1000 An | 53,794 1000 An | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poultry birds — stocks in Belgium?
- Poultry birds — stocks in Belgium was 49,203 1000 An in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poultry birds — stocks recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 53,794 1000 An in 2020.
- What is the lowest poultry birds — stocks recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,282 1000 An in 2003.
- How does Belgium rank for poultry birds — stocks?
- Belgium ranks 62nd out of 191 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poultry birds — stocks rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Poultry Birds — 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.