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Number of pigs in Italy

Number of pigs in Italy was 7,820,490 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 14.7% from 2023. That is the 7th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, head7,820,490
Change on 2023-14.7%
Rank7th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high9,420,0001978
Series low4,335,4001961

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Number of pigs in Italy, 1961 to 2024

4M6M8M10M19611971198119912001201120241961: 4,335,400 head1962: 4,478,300 head1963: 4,684,250 head1964: 5,029,000 head1965: 5,408,900 head1966: 5,176,000 head1967: 5,292,000 head1968: 6,185,000 head1969: 7,298,400 head1970: 9,224,000 head1971: 8,980,400 head1972: 8,195,880 head1973: 7,989,700 head1974: 8,201,000 head1975: 8,813,900 head1976: 8,887,500 head1977: 9,097,300 head1978: 9,420,000 head1979: 8,921,500 head1980: 8,806,700 head1981: 8,928,000 head1982: 9,015,000 head1983: 8,340,000 head1984: 9,187,400 head1985: 9,040,900 head1986: 9,169,100 head1987: 9,278,100 head1988: 9,383,000 head1989: 9,359,300 head1990: 9,254,300 head1991: 8,837,000 head1992: 8,548,800 head1993: 8,244,000 head1994: 8,348,000 head1995: 8,023,400 head1996: 8,060,700 head1997: 8,090,000 head1998: 8,281,000 head1999: 8,323,000 head2000: 8,414,000 head2001: 8,646,000 head2002: 8,766,000 head2003: 9,166,000 head2004: 9,156,724 head2005: 8,971,783 head2006: 9,200,000 head2007: 9,281,000 head2008: 9,273,000 head2009: 9,252,400 head2010: 9,157,100 head2011: 9,321,119 head2012: 8,661,526 head2013: 8,561,683 head2014: 8,676,100 head2015: 8,674,793 head2016: 8,477,930 head2017: 8,570,807 head2018: 8,492,230 head2019: 8,510,270 head2020: 8,543,030 head2021: 8,407,970 head2022: 8,739,000 head2023: 9,171,000 head2024: 7,820,490 head4M6M8M10M19611983200520241961: 4,335,400 head1962: 4,478,300 head1963: 4,684,250 head1964: 5,029,000 head1965: 5,408,900 head1966: 5,176,000 head1967: 5,292,000 head1968: 6,185,000 head1969: 7,298,400 head1970: 9,224,000 head1971: 8,980,400 head1972: 8,195,880 head1973: 7,989,700 head1974: 8,201,000 head1975: 8,813,900 head1976: 8,887,500 head1977: 9,097,300 head1978: 9,420,000 head1979: 8,921,500 head1980: 8,806,700 head1981: 8,928,000 head1982: 9,015,000 head1983: 8,340,000 head1984: 9,187,400 head1985: 9,040,900 head1986: 9,169,100 head1987: 9,278,100 head1988: 9,383,000 head1989: 9,359,300 head1990: 9,254,300 head1991: 8,837,000 head1992: 8,548,800 head1993: 8,244,000 head1994: 8,348,000 head1995: 8,023,400 head1996: 8,060,700 head1997: 8,090,000 head1998: 8,281,000 head1999: 8,323,000 head2000: 8,414,000 head2001: 8,646,000 head2002: 8,766,000 head2003: 9,166,000 head2004: 9,156,724 head2005: 8,971,783 head2006: 9,200,000 head2007: 9,281,000 head2008: 9,273,000 head2009: 9,252,400 head2010: 9,157,100 head2011: 9,321,119 head2012: 8,661,526 head2013: 8,561,683 head2014: 8,676,100 head2015: 8,674,793 head2016: 8,477,930 head2017: 8,570,807 head2018: 8,492,230 head2019: 8,510,270 head2020: 8,543,030 head2021: 8,407,970 head2022: 8,739,000 head2023: 9,171,000 head2024: 7,820,490 head
head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodhead
20247,820,490
20239,171,000
20228,739,000
20218,407,970
20208,543,030
20198,510,270
20188,492,230
20178,570,807
20168,477,930
20158,674,793
20148,676,100
20138,561,683
20128,661,526
20119,321,119
20109,157,100
20099,252,400
20089,273,000
20079,281,000
20069,200,000
20058,971,783
20049,156,724
20039,166,000
20028,766,000
20018,646,000
20008,414,000
19998,323,000
19988,281,000
19978,090,000
19968,060,700
19958,023,400
19948,348,000
19938,244,000
19928,548,800
19918,837,000
19909,254,300
19899,359,300
19889,383,000
19879,278,100
19869,169,100
19859,040,900
19849,187,400
19838,340,000
19829,015,000
19818,928,000
19808,806,700
19798,921,500
19789,420,000
19779,097,300
19768,887,500
19758,813,900
19748,201,000
19737,989,700
19728,195,880
19718,980,400
19709,224,000
19697,298,400
19686,185,000
19675,292,000
19665,176,000
19655,408,900
19645,029,000
19634,684,250
19624,478,300
19614,335,400

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Definition

Number of pigs (swine) present in the country, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO asks for the count on one day of the year, usually the census or survey date, so the reference day differs between countries.

FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111) (Number of pigs, Italy, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Italy, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/italy. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Number of pigs, Italy, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/italy.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Italy, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/italy (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{food_number_of_pigs_italy_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111): Number of pigs, Italy, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/italy. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}
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What is the number of pigs in Italy?

Number of pigs in Italy was 7,820,490 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 14.7% from 2023. That is the 7th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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9,420,000 head in 1978, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

Number of pigs elsewhere in European Union (27)

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