Livestock pigs, 1981- 2020
| Periods | Young pigs, to 50 kg (number x 1,000) | Breeding pigs, 50 kg or more Other breeding pigs Young sows (number x 1,000) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 1 April | 5,016 | 130 |
| 2020 1 December | 4,718 | 152 |
| Source: © Statistics Netherlands | ||
Table explanation
This table provides twice-yearly information about the number of pigs on Dutch agricultural holdings.
The number of pigs is broken down into:
- type of pigs (piglets, pigs for fattening, breeding pigs);
- reference date (April, August and December).
N.B. the considerable difference between the figures for 1997 and the previous and subsequent years are caused by the swine fever outbreak in February 1997 and the following clear-outs.
Data available from: April 1981 to December 2020.
Status of the figures:
The numbers are final.
Changes as of April 30, 2021:
None, this table has been discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
This table is followed by Livestock on agricultural holdings: reference date 1 April and 1 December, see the links in section 3.
Description topics
- Young pigs, to 50 kg
- Piglets with a live weight of less than 50 kg.
Weaned piglets (piglets no longer suckling at the sow) and young pigs for fattening or breeding weighing less than 50 kg. - Breeding pigs, 50 kg or more
- Breeding pigs with a live weight of 50 kg or more.
- Other breeding pigs
- Covered but not pregnant sows, unfertilised sows (sows in a period of infertility between suckling and insemination), never inseminated young sows and young breeding boars (= immature boars) and mature boars (= male pigs used for artificial insemination or natural covering).
- Young sows
- Gilts, not yet covered.