# Number of chickens in Ethiopia

Number of chickens in Ethiopia was 52,280,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `chicken_stocks`
- Place id: `et`
- Unit: head
- Definition: Number of chickens present in the country, laying hens and birds raised for meat alike, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO publishes thousands of birds; Invokely multiplies by 1,000.
- Note: A count on one day of the year, while broilers live a few weeks, so it understates the number of birds raised in a year. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/fao
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 4.0 with the FAO Statistical Database Terms of Use (attribution in FAO's format, no use to promote a commercial enterprise or its products, no implied FAO endorsement)
- Citation: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/ethiopia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=chicken_stocks&place=et

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 52,280,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 49,106,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 41,351,000 |
| 2021 | 53,112,000 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 56,993,000 |
| 2019 | 48,956,000 |
| 2018 | 59,420,000 |
| 2017 | 56,056,000 |
| 2016 | 59,495,000 |
| 2015 | 60,506,000 |
| 2014 | 56,867,000 |
| 2013 | 51,350,000 |
| 2012 | 50,377,000 |
| 2011 | 44,893,000 |
| 2010 | 49,287,000 |
| 2009 | 42,053,000 |
| 2008 | 38,049,000 |
| 2007 | 39,508,000 |
| 2006 | 34,199,000 |
| 2005 | 32,222,000 |
| 2004 | 35,656,000 |
| 2003 | 38,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 40,930,000 |
| 2001 | 37,764,000 |
| 2000 | 28,543,000 |
| 1999 | 30,157,000 |
| 1998 | 32,979,000 |
| 1997 | 30,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 27,400,000 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 27,250,000 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 27,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 27,300,000 (estimated) |