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Head of swine livestock. Provinces

Head of swine livestock. Provinces Total
Reproducers
Piglets Pigs < 50 kg Fattening pigs Male Sows Total
2022 2,498,258 1,676,342 3,011,498 4,026 608,263 7,798,386
2021 2,372,224 1,768,436 3,283,724 2,630 593,878 8,020,892
2020 2,420,440 1,738,404 3,289,456 6,292 617,449 8,072,041
2019 2,673,077 1,489,296 3,130,482 2,830 617,246 7,912,932
2018 2,461,212 1,779,961 2,937,886 2,492 597,351 7,778,902
2017 2,655,066 1,850,059 2,642,578 2,729 603,862 7,754,294
2016 2,132,606 1,818,836 3,046,689 3,969 614,875 7,616,975
2015 2,147,213 1,714,778 3,200,999 3,030 633,726 7,699,746
2014 2,232,507 1,829,288 2,818,460 3,522 573,438 7,457,215
2013 1,817,613 1,604,801 2,717,217 2,939 534,639 6,677,209
2012 1,879,398 1,768,310 2,670,832 3,291 519,142 6,840,973
2011 1,933,867 1,756,671 2,744,088 5,092 551,824 6,991,542
2010 1,830,893 1,848,528 2,481,236 4,182 557,858 6,722,697
2009 1,970,360 1,552,240 2,511,986 4,524 596,934 6,636,044
2008 1,907,636 1,634,560 2,531,927 8,384 565,756 6,648,263
Source:
2008: Departament d'Agricultura, Alimentació i Acció Rural. Effective livestock survey.
2009-2013: Departament d'Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural. Effective livestock survey.
2014: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment.
2015-2019: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.
2020-2022: Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda.

Last update: October 30, 2023.

Methodological note

Methodological aspects

EU member states must carry out annual livestock surveys to determine the number of cattle and type by age and productive states.

Livestock surveys aimed at quantifying the number of pigs, sheep and goats present on Catalan farms in two specific reference periods. In sheep and goats, information on milk production and its destination is also gathered. Regulation 1165/2008 states that two yearly surveys into pig production will be carried out, the first in May and the second in November. For sheep and goats, one annual survey is to be carried out into the two species together during the month of November. The population scope includes all pig, sheep and goat production within the territory of Catalonia and recorded as active in the registry of farms of the DAAM.

The body responsible for the management, implementation, review and dissemination of the results of the Survey of Livestock in Catalonia is the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and the Environment (DAAM). This statistical operation is to be carried out in accordance with the rules established by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA) for all autonomous communities in the Spanish State.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".