Costings & Herd Performance
EU Sow Productivity Trends
| SOW PRODUCTIVITY IN SELECTED EU MEMBER STATES (a) | |||||||||||
| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
| pigs finished per sow | |||||||||||
| Austria | 14.0 |
14.3 |
16.4 |
16.9 |
16.8 |
17.5 |
17.2 |
19.0 |
20.0 |
19.9 | 20.2 |
Belgium |
12.0 |
16.8 |
17.2 |
19.2 |
19.8 |
20.5 |
20.5 |
21.4 |
23.5 |
24.8 | 25.9 |
| Denmark | 19.3 |
20.8 |
21.4 |
22.2 |
23.0 |
22.9 |
24.7 |
26.1 |
26.0 |
28.1 | 28.7 |
| France | 19.1 |
19.1 |
20.2 |
22.4 |
22.6 |
23.2 |
23.7 |
23.6 |
24.1 |
25.2 | 24.8 |
| Germany | 20.7 |
16.2 |
17.7 |
19.5 |
19.4 |
20.9 |
21.5 |
22.3 |
23.4 |
24.9 | 24.8 |
| Hungary | 17.9 |
16.8 |
14.2 |
13.2 |
14.4 |
14.5 |
16.4 |
16.1 |
15.6 |
16.2 | 16.3 |
| Irish Republic | 19.8 |
20.9 |
17.8 |
19.7 |
20.3 |
19.4 |
18.8 |
18.7 |
19.6 |
22.2 | 23.3 |
| Italy | 14.9 |
17.5 |
18.4 |
19.1 |
19.5 |
18.2 |
19.0 |
17.5 |
17.3 |
17.2 | 18.6 |
| Netherlands | 19.6 |
18.7 |
19.1 |
20.0 |
21.2 |
23.0 |
24.6 |
25.5 |
25.7 |
24.7 | 24.0 |
| Poland | 11.6 |
13.5 |
13.9 |
14.3 |
14.2 |
14.4 |
14.1 |
14.0 |
13.8 |
14.4 | 14.6 |
| Portugal | 14.7 |
13.6 |
14.8 |
15.6 |
15.4 |
17.0 |
17.8 |
17.2 |
21.8 |
20.3 | 21.1 |
| Spain | 12.7 |
14.2 |
16.1 |
16.7 |
17.0 |
16.6 |
17.3 |
18.0 |
18.9 |
19.6 | 19.8 |
| Sweden | 18.9 |
17.1 |
18.2 |
18.9 |
18.4 |
20.5 |
21.2 |
20.9 |
22.1 |
21.9 | 20.4 |
| United Kingdom | 18.6 |
18.6 |
18.7 |
18.6 |
19.8 |
20.4 |
20.7 |
20.0 |
21.6 |
22.2 | 23.5 |
| EU-27 | 16.2 |
16.4 |
17.1 |
18.2 |
18.2 |
18.6 |
19.4 |
19.7 |
20.4 |
21.1 | 21.5 |
| (a) Gross indigenous slaughter divided by breeding herd (excluding maiden gilts) as at the previous December | |||||||||||
| Source: Eurostat, FAO, BPEX Ltd | |||||||||||
| Last updated: 2 May 2013 | |||||||||||
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