Poultry Birds — Stocks in Northern Europe

Northern Europe: Poultry Birds — Stocks was 289,539 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
289,539 1000 An
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
24th
of 29 groups
All-time high
305,114 1000 An
in 2021
All-time low
166,483 1000 An
in 1985
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Poultry Birds — Stocks in Northern Europe, 1961–2024

0100.0k200.0k300.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.

Analysis

In 2024, poultry birds — stocks in Northern Europe stood at 289,539 1000 An.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poultry birds — stocks in Northern Europe peaked at 305,114 1000 An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 166,483 1000 An, in 1985.

Northern Europe ranks 24th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Poultry Birds — Stocks in Northern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Poultry Birds — Stocks in Northern Europe, 1961 to 2024.
Year 1000 An Change
1961 178,788 1000 An
1962 169,332 1000 An -5.3%
1963 168,338 1000 An -0.6%
1964 174,324 1000 An +3.6%
1965 170,048 1000 An -2.5%
1966 171,084 1000 An +0.6%
1967 175,817 1000 An +2.8%
1968 178,130 1000 An +1.3%
1969 178,897 1000 An +0.4%
1970 196,023 1000 An +9.6%
1971 191,258 1000 An -2.4%
1972 195,378 1000 An +2.2%
1973 197,633 1000 An +1.2%
1974 192,511 1000 An -2.6%
1975 186,719 1000 An -3.0%
1976 191,540 1000 An +2.6%
1977 179,932 1000 An -6.1%
1978 177,079 1000 An -1.6%
1979 182,245 1000 An +2.9%
1980 176,650 1000 An -3.1%
1981 169,904 1000 An -3.8%
1982 174,395 1000 An +2.6%
1983 173,337 1000 An -0.6%
1984 168,879 1000 An -2.6%
1985 166,483 1000 An -1.4%
1986 169,289 1000 An +1.7%
1987 183,429 1000 An +8.4%
1988 185,193 1000 An +1.0%
1989 180,894 1000 An -2.3%
1990 184,474 1000 An +2.0%
1991 185,202 1000 An +0.4%
1992 209,061 1000 An +12.9%
1993 203,658 1000 An -2.6%
1994 202,866 1000 An -0.4%
1995 207,232 1000 An +2.2%
1996 209,820 1000 An +1.2%
1997 237,992 1000 An +13.4%
1998 226,837 1000 An -4.7%
1999 228,771 1000 An +0.9%
2000 254,295 1000 An +11.2%
2001 255,960 1000 An +0.7%
2002 252,362 1000 An -1.4%
2003 257,856 1000 An +2.2%
2004 258,598 1000 An +0.3%
2005 260,289 1000 An +0.7%
2006 256,994 1000 An -1.3%
2007 254,791 1000 An -0.9%
2008 254,005 1000 An -0.3%
2009 263,156 1000 An +3.6%
2010 251,571 1000 An -4.4%
2011 254,680 1000 An +1.2%
2012 256,078 1000 An +0.5%
2013 265,041 1000 An +3.5%
2014 271,709 1000 An +2.5%
2015 271,026 1000 An -0.3%
2016 275,342 1000 An +1.6%
2017 292,213 1000 An +6.1%
2018 299,869 1000 An +2.6%
2019 304,823 1000 An +1.7%
2020 296,299 1000 An -2.8%
2021 305,114 1000 An +3.0%
2022 299,536 1000 An -1.8%
2023 288,804 1000 An -3.6%
2024 289,539 1000 An +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 173,862 1000 An 168,338 1000 An 178,897 1000 An 9
1970s 189,032 1000 An 177,079 1000 An 197,633 1000 An 10
1980s 174,845 1000 An 166,483 1000 An 185,193 1000 An 10
1990s 209,591 1000 An 184,474 1000 An 237,992 1000 An 10
2000s 256,831 1000 An 252,362 1000 An 263,156 1000 An 10
2010s 274,235 1000 An 251,571 1000 An 304,823 1000 An 10
2020s 295,858 1000 An 288,804 1000 An 305,114 1000 An 5

Countries ranked near Northern Europe

  1. 21 Philippines 214,854 1000 An compare
  2. 22 Dominican Republic 211,723 1000 An compare
  3. 23 Algeria 211,028 1000 An compare
  4. 24 Spain 202,979 1000 An compare
  5. 25 Peru 194,759 1000 An compare
  6. 26 Ukraine 186,717 1000 An compare
  7. 27 Republic of Korea 185,643 1000 An compare

See the full ranking of 240 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Northern Europe

All data for Northern Europe →

Frequently asked questions

What is poultry birds — stocks in Northern Europe?
Poultry birds — stocks in Northern Europe was 289,539 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest poultry birds — stocks recorded in Northern Europe?
The highest recorded value was 305,114 1000 An in 2021.
What is the lowest poultry birds — stocks recorded in Northern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 166,483 1000 An in 1985.
How does Northern Europe rank for poultry birds — stocks?
Northern Europe ranks 24th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is poultry birds — stocks rising or falling in Northern Europe?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern Europe 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Poultry Birds — Stocks in Northern Europe. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/poultry-birds-stocks-2/northern-europe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/poultry-birds-stocks-2/northern-europe/">Poultry Birds — Stocks in Northern Europe</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Poultry Birds — Stocks
Unit
1000 An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,928 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.