Pig population as of December 2025
According to preliminary data, the population of pigs [1] in December 2025 was 9 225.2 thousand heads showing an increase of 1.6% compared to the analogical period last year. The increased in numbers occurred in all production-use groups except fattening pigs.
At the beginning of December 2025, the pig population amounted to 9 225.2 thousand heads and was higher by 147 thousand heads (by 1.6%) than the state recorded in the analogical period of 2024, and compared with the number of pigs in June 2025 – higher by 101.7 thousands heads, i.e. by 1.1%.
[1] Preliminary generalised results of a representative survey of pig population and pig production comprising:
- all holdings of legal persons and unincorporated entities,
- selected individual holdings (30 thousand holdings - sample of approximately 2.0%).