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Danish pig farming

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Farms producing pigs 5.068 4.642 4.181 3.855 3.626 3.769 3.294 3.226 3.125 2.890 2.921 2.576

Farms with pigs and sows 2.089 1.808 1.617 1.454 1.359 1.300 1.215 1.200 1.173 1.069 1.080 1.062

Farms with finishing pigs only 2.239 2.046 1.790 1.746 1.569 1.688 1.335 1.299 1.320 1.235 1226 1.044

Farms with sows and piglets only 493 549 445 434 510 573 497 478 440 420 427 329

Other farms with pigs 247 239 329 221 188 208 248 249 192 166 188 140
Source: Statistics Denmark

Danish pig numbers


2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Total pigs million head (July census), million pieces 13,17 12,93 12,33 12,07 12,33 12,54 12,38 12,46 12,73 12,73 13,39 13,15
Source: Statistics Denmark

Danish pig production


2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Danish pig production million head 28,6 29,5 29,1 29,2 30,1 31,3 31,8 31,9 32,7 31,7 32,6 33,0
Source: Statistics Denmark

Danish pig slaughterings


2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Danish pig slaughterings million head 20,2 20,9 19,4 19,1 18,8 19,0 18,3 17,5 18,0 16,7 17,5 18,5
Source: Statistics Denmark

Danish pig carcase weights


2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Danish pig slaughterings 82,3 81,6 81,8 82,7 84,4 84,2 85,1 86,8 86,3 87,6 90,6 90,6
Average kg deadweight at slaughter

Source: SEGES

Danish live pig exports


2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Finished pigs & sows million head 0,9 0,5 0,5 0,4 0,4 0,3 0,3 0,3 0,3 0,3 0,3 0,3

Piglets million head 7,5 8,0 9,2 9,7 10,9 12,0 13,2 14,1 14,4 14,9 14,8 14,2
Source: Statistics Denmark

Danish pigmeat exports


2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Pigmeat 1000 tonnes 1993 2140 1930 1901 1937 1972 1963 1908 1962 1801 1915 2033

From which live pigs 1000 tonnes 313 298 320 329 378 390 394 422 445 426 432 436
Source: Statistics Denmark

Danish live pig and pig meat exports


2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Germany 1000 tonnes 624 698 597 584 609 608 543 556 600 456 422 413

UK 1000 tonnes 284 279 241 212 220 221 214 205 206 187 177 152

Poland 1000 tonnes 189 212 211 222 234 268 273 302 316 265 276 301

Italy 1000 tonnes 122 122 109 106 119 135 119 119 127 102 108 139

Japan 1000 tonnes 139 136 125 123 138 122 127 119 117 112 86 95

China (& HK) 1000 tonnes 172 214 210 219 219 244 312 253 228 387 533 521

Other EU 1000 tonnes 178 139 130 125 142 150 135 158 150 121 60 70

Other Third Country 1000 tonnes 125 135 117 99 158 106 92 87 102 74 57 74

Total 1000 tonnes 1993 2140 1930 1901 1929 1986 1942 1912 1962 1802 1915 2033
Source: Statistics Denmark

Danish pig prices


2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Danish pig prices
Source: Weekly price quotation 9,07 10,10 11,23 11,38 10,36 9,24 9,76 10,62 8,96 11,42 11,62 9,71
DKK per kg average price, excl. bonus, premium & rebates

Productivity in Danish pig production


2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Pigs produced per sow/year 26,6 28,3 28,5 30,0 30,6 31,4 32,2 33,3 33,6 33,6 33,9 34,0

Feed conversion – finishers feed units per kg 2,87 2,87 2,86 2,84 2,84 2,80 2,81 2,66 2,72 2,72 2,65 2,66
Source: SEGES

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