Animals and animal production
Livestock of holdings with conventional and organic farming

Livestock of holdings with conventional and organic farming 2023
Type of animal	Total¹		Including with organic farming in animal husbandry		Share of organic animals
	holdings	animals	holdings	livestock	Share of organic animals
	number				%
1: Both conventional and organic farming in animal husbandry. 2: Including holdings which temporarily have no livestock. Representative results with a sample of 80,000 survey units.
Cattle	100,730	10,850,800	14,170	949,300	8.7
Pigs	27,600	22,379,500	1,780	244,200	1.1
Sheep	20,190	1,822,400	3,060	259,800	14.3
Goats	10,360	162,600	1,990	54,800	33.7
Chickens	44,920²	156,300,900	5,630	10,382,300	6.6
Geese, ducks, turkeys	7,170²	11,007,000	760	396,600	3.6
Equidae (e.g. horses)	41,200	486,500	5,500	49,100	10.1

As at 04 April 2024