Table 1.
Distribution of types of pig farms in the EU with the total number of pigs in 2018. Adapted from [36,38] (with the authors’ own elaboration).
| EU Member States | Type of Pig Farm (%) | Total Number of Pig Farms by Countries | Total Number of Pigs (2018) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Fatteners | Large Fatteners 1 | Large Breeders 2 | Other Farms 3 | |||
| Spain | 0.5 | 66.4 | 25.1 | 8.0 | 15,534,530 | 30,000,000 |
| Germany | 0.3 | 61.9 | 18.2 | 19.6 | 16,582,160 | 27,600,000 |
| Danmark | 0.0 | 38.9 | 59.0 | 2.1 | 9,250,450 | 12,800,000 |
| Italy | 0.5 | 49.5 | 43.6 | 6.4 | 6,990,910 | 8,600,000 |
| Neatherlands | 0.0 | 55.1 | 36.9 | 8.1 | 6,037,490 | 12,300,000 |
| France | 0.2 | 24.5 | 59.2 | 16.1 | 8,486,880 | 1,100,000 |
| Belgium | 0.0 | 42.6 | 44.9 | 12.5 | 4,238,810 | 6,100,000 |
| Poland | 3.2 | 13.1 | 17.8 | 65.9 | 9,421,280 | 11,900,000 |
| United Kingdom | 0.2 | 43.2 | 44.5 | 12.1 | 2,771,700 | 4,700,000 |
| Austria | 2.6 | 27.8 | 4.8 | 64.7 | 2,079,370 | 2,800,000 |
| Sweden | 0.0 | 49.2 | 39.2 | 11.6 | 939,240 | 1,400,000 |
| Finland | 0.0 | 47.3 | 22.4 | 30.3 | 807,060 | 1,100,000 |
| Romania | 58.4 | 8.1 | 25.0 | 8.5 | 3,651,010 | 4,400,000 |
| Hungary | 14.9 | 9.0 | 61.4 | 14.6 | 2,108,190 | 2,900,000 |
| Croatia | 39.3 | 19.8 | 12.4 | 28.6 | 795,650 | 1,100,000 |
| Chehia | 0.4 | 8.8 | 79.5 | 11.3 | 1,156,840 | 1,500,000 |
| Slovakia | 3.8 | 19.3 | 62.8 | 14.1 | 359,880 | 600,000 |
| Irleand | 0.1 | 7.1 | 90.2 | 2.5 | 963,160 | 1,600,000 |
| Portugal | 5.3 | 4.8 | 77.8 | 12.0 | 1,078,280 | 2,200,000 |
| Estonia | 1.1 | 20.4 | 72.7 | 5.8 | 226,370 | 300,000 |
| Bulgaria | 21.7 | 10.0 | 54.3 | 14.0 | 456,040 | 600,000 |
| Lithuania | 25.3 | 7.4 | 57.8 | 9.4 | 512,070 | 600,000 |
| Luksemburg | 0.1 | 69.6 | 0.0 | 30.3 | 45,250 | 100,000 |
| Greece | 4.9 | 4.6 | 63.1 | 27.4 | 567,430 | 700,000 |
| Slovenia | 27.0 | 8.6 | 13.5 | 50.9 | 237,730 | 300,000 |
| Latvia | 13.3 | 6.9 | 61.5 | 18.3 | 232,470 | 300,000 |
| Cyprus | 0.3 | 0.0 | 97.8 | 1.9 | 188,200 | 400,000 |
| Montenegro | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43.3 | 56.7 | 45,700 | no data |
| EU (28) | 3.9 | 41.6 | 36.3 | 18.2 | 95,764,150 | 150,000,000 |
1 no. sows <10 other pigs (OP); 2 no. sows & at least 400 OP; 3 at least 400 pigs & 100 sows.