Poultry Birds — Stocks in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Poultry Birds — Stocks was 18,732 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
18,732 1000 An
Change on year
up 3.6%
World rank
105th
of 189 countries
All-time high
24,331 1000 An
in 2021
All-time low
3,788 1000 An
in 1962
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Poultry Birds — Stocks in Sri Lanka, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 18,732 1000 An for poultry birds — stocks in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poultry birds — stocks in Sri Lanka peaked at 24,331 1000 An in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,788 1000 An, in 1962.

Sri Lanka ranks 105th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 5,836 1000 An 3,788 1000 An 6,788 1000 An 9
1970s 6,392 1000 An 4,925 1000 An 7,615 1000 An 10
1980s 7,303 1000 An 6,272 1000 An 8,868 1000 An 10
1990s 9,237 1000 An 8,303 1000 An 9,933 1000 An 10
2000s 12,048 1000 An 9,790 1000 An 14,349 1000 An 10
2010s 17,567 1000 An 14,031 1000 An 21,287 1000 An 10
2020s 21,643 1000 An 18,080 1000 An 24,331 1000 An 5

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 102 Benin 19,049 1000 An compare
  2. 103 Bulgaria 18,923 1000 An compare
  3. 104 Austria 18,737 1000 An compare
  4. 106 Zimbabwe 18,216 1000 An compare
  5. 107 Serbia and Montenegro 17,116 1000 An compare
  6. 108 Norway 17,071 1000 An compare

See the full ranking of 240 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is poultry birds — stocks in Sri Lanka?
Poultry birds — stocks in Sri Lanka was 18,732 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest poultry birds — stocks recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 24,331 1000 An in 2021.
What is the lowest poultry birds — stocks recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 3,788 1000 An in 1962.
How does Sri Lanka rank for poultry birds — stocks?
Sri Lanka ranks 105th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
Is poultry birds — stocks rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. 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 Poultry Birds — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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.