April 18, 2022

Germany's swine inventory stood at 8.9% lower in November 2021

As of November 3 last year, Germany's swine inventory was 23.8 million pigs, down 8.9% or 2,307,600 animals compared to the same period in 2020, according to final results from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

Although the drop is somewhat smaller compared to the preliminary results reported in December (-9.4%), the reduction in the German swine inventory is still high compared to the previous year.

Finishing pigs accounted for 46.3% or 11.0 million animals. Compared to November 2020, the number of finishing pigs decreased by 950,600 animals (-8.0%).

The number of pig farms was 18,800 as of November 3, 2021 (-7.8% compared to November 2020; 1,600 farms less).

In November 2019, there were 21,200 pig farms in Germany, which shows that there has been a drop of 11.1% or 2,400 farms in the last two years.

- Destatis (Germany)