WORLD OF PIGS ▶▶▶
The contrasting worlds of pig
meat production
Most analyses dealing with the dynamics and patterns of global meat production focus on the leading countries and ignore the least developed countries (LLDCs). This analysis takes a different perspective: How do the LLDCs compare to the Champions League of pig production?
BY HANS-WILHELM WINDHORST* I
n 2018, 2.4 billion people, or 32.0% of the global popula- tion, lived in the ten Champions League Countries (CLCs). They contributed 73.6% to the global pig slaughter and 77.5% to global pig meat production. With 1.0 billion
people, or 13.2% of the global population, the 38 LLDCs that produced pig meat contributed 2.7% of the global pig slaughter and only 1.8% in pig meat production (Table 1). A closer look at the data reveals the drastic imbalance be- tween the populations of the CLCs and LLDCs and their con- tribution to pig meat production. The population of the CLCs was only about two times higher than that of the LLDCs but their pig meat production volume was 43 times higher. Of the ten CLCs, three were in Asia, five in Europe and two in the Americas. The three Asian countries contributed 47.9% of global production volume, the five European countries 14.8% and the two American countries 14.6% (see Table 2). Of the 38 LLDCs, 27 were located in Africa, six in Asia, four in Oceania and only one in Central America. The six Asian countries con- tributed 1.04% to global pig meat production, the 27 African countries 0.74% and the American and Oceanian countries together 0.04%.
Pig slaughter and meat production in CLCs In 2018, the ten CLCs slaughtered 1.1 billion pigs. The three Asian countries contributed 762.3 million head (67.7%), the five European countries 197.3 million head (17.5%) and the two American countries 167.1 million head (14.8%). The
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regional concentration in the group of the ten CLCs was very high. The three leading countries, China, USA and Germany, contributed 58.3% of the global pig slaughter, and 76.9% of the CLC group. The ten CLCs produced 93.7 million tonnes of pig meat in 2018, 77.5% of the global produc- tion volume. The two Asian countries contrib- uted 57.9 million tonnes or 61.8% of the total production volume of the CLCs, the three American countries 17.9 million tonnes (19.2%) and the five European countries 17.8 million tonnes (19.0%). The regional concen- tration in pig meat production was higher than in pig slaugh- ter. The three leading countries contributed 59.0% of the pig meat production. A comparison of the composition and ranking of the ten countries in pig slaughter and pig meat production shows only minor changes. The Philippines were replaced by Cana- da and ranked as number nine among the top ten pig meat producing CLCs. France climbed from rank nine to rank eight. There was no change in the composition and ranking from rank one to seven, which demonstrates the stable situation in the leading countries.
Pig meat production in the LLDCs Table 1 shows the imbalance between the LLDC representa- tion in the global population and their contribution to pig slaughter and pig meat production. A closer look at the situation at continent level (Table 4) reveals extraordinary
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