Period Cattle Of which: cows Pigs Of which: breeding sows Sheep Of which: ewes Chickens Of which: laying hens
2015 1 June 818.4 365.9 3,124.1 203.7 1,200.5 857.9 37,895.8 11,277.2
1 December 820.5 367.6 3,124.4 196.8 1,189.7 848.7 32,431.9 12,389.5
2016 1 June 842.0 378.6 3,025.9 182.8 1,213.5 790.2 36,879.5 10,578.4
1 December 852.2 382.7 2,907.1 177.4 1,140.6 800.8 32,027.0 11,440.0
2017 1 June 864.0 393.2 2,806.6 175.6 1,177.2 811.7 35,542.8 10,183.5
1 December 869.7 394.7 2,870.0 171.5 1,146.3 810.2 31,844.0 11,187.9
2018 1 June 879.8 397.2 2,859.4 178.6 1,163.7 799.3 34,769.0 10,608.7
1 December 884.8 402.8 2,871.6 177.9 1,108.8 797.5 30,657.7 11,161.4
2019 1 June 910.7 412.5 2,839.8 169.2 1,116.0 796.5 35,051.3 10,393.9
1 December 909.1 411.7 2,634.4 155.3 1,060.5 781.7 30,874.4 10,978.8
2020a 1 June 933.3 414.6 2,919.9 168.9 993.6 763.8 31,097.4 8,630.4
1 December 932.9 413.8 2,850.2 163.6 943.8 754.0 28,887.9 9,010.1
2021 1 June 931.6 415.2 2,886.3 166.6 958.3 725.5 33,446.5 8,245.8
1 December 902.1 420.2 2,725.9 156.9 887.0 720.4 32,114.4 9,088.8
2022 1 June 902.7 416.6 2,714.8 158.8 928.5 715.0 29,868.0 8,087.3
1 December 885.3 418.0 2,558.1 147.8 871.7 693.3 29,124.0 8,751.8
2023 1 June 874.7 423.3 2,547.0 148.8 922.4 697.0 31,308.0 7,424.6
1 December 862.1 403.0 2,607.7 153.9 907.1 694.0 28,733.1 8,528.2
2024 1 June 863.7 406.6 2,745.0 162.4 918.7 697.6 32,269.9 8,172.2
1 December

Footnotes

*Numbers may not add due to rounding.
aDue to changes in the metodology of data collection, only data on units reaching farm threshold are included from 2020.

Explanation of symbols

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Break in series (limited comparability).
green number
Revised datum.
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