Table 1 – The share of the Champions League Countries (CLC) and Least Developed Countries (LLDC) in the global popula- tion, pig slaughter and pigmeat production in 2018.
Region
Population Share (%) Pig slaughterings Share (%) Pig meat production Share (%) (x million)
CLC 2,443 LLDC 1,010
32.0 13.2
World 7,631 100.0 Source: FAO database.
differences. In Africa, the 27 LLDCs have 45.4% of the population but
contributed 64.2% to pig slaughter and 56.3% to pig meat
production. In Asia, the situation was more bal-
anced although the six coun- tries had a higher proprtion of the continent’s population than is
reflected in pig meat production. This was
also the case in Oceania. The wide gap indicates the very low standard of the pig meat industry. This was also the case in Haiti, the only LLDC in the Americas. In 2018, 40.8 million pigs were slaughtered in the 38 LLDCs with pig production. The ten lead-
ing countries contributed 35.5 million head, or 86.5%, and Myanmar and Malawi together contributed 53.8% (see Table 5). The development of these two countries in the dec- ade between 2008 and 2018 is of particular interest. The slaughter volume in Myanmar increased by 5.6 million head; in Malawi by 7.7 million head. The extraordinary growth in Malawi was due to a government development policy and capital investments in large operations by entrepreneurs. In Myanmar, the Thai company CP was the main driving force behind the remarkable increase. The 38 LLDCs produced 2.2 million tonnes of pig meat. The ten leading countries contributed almost 2 million tonnes, or 89.7% (Table 5). The two leading countries, Myanmar and Ma- lawi, contributed 1.3 million tonnes, or 60.6%, of the total production volume of the LLDCs; the other 36 countries only 39.4%. This is an indicator of the extremely high regional concentra- tion and the outstanding role of Myanmar. Pig meat produc- tion in this country grew by 600,000 tonnes or 129.5%. Parallel to the growth in pig slaughter, Malawi’s pig meat
(x million) 1,093 41
7,467
73.6 2.7
100.0
(x 1,000 tonnes) 93,672 2,196
120,881
77.5 1.8
100.0
Table 2 – The share of the CLC and LLDC in global pig meat production at continent level.
Continent Total
Africa 1,588 Asia 66,726 Europe 29,665 Americas 22,334 Oceania 568
CLC -
57,853 17,873 17,946 -
World 120,881 Source: FAO database.
93,672
47.9 14.8 14.6 -
77.5 LLDC
(x1,000 tonnes) (x 1,000 tonnes) Share (%) (x 1,000 tonnes) Share (%) -
895
1,261 -
34 7
2,196
0.74 1.04 -
< 0.1 < 0.1 1.82
Table 3 – Pig slaughter and pig meat production in the ten CLC in 2018.
Country
Pig slaughter Share (%) Country (x 1 million)
China 684.9 46.1
USA 124.5 8.4 Germany 56.9 Spain 52.3 Vietnam 49.7 Brazil 42.6 Russia 41.7 Philippines 27.7
France 23.6 1.6 Poland 22.8
1.5 10 countries 1,126.7 75.8
World 1,484.5 100.0 Source: FAO database.
3.8 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.8 1.9
China USA
Germany Spain
Vietnam Brazil Russia France Canada Poland
Pig meat
production (x 1,000 tonnes) 54,037 11,943 5,37 4,53
3,816 3,788 3,744 2,166 2,142 2,136
10 countries 93,672 World
120,881 Share (%)
44.7 9.9 4.4 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.1 1.8 1.8 1.8
77.5 100.0
production increased by 234,000 tonnes in the decade be- tween 2008 and 2018. The relative growth rate was the high- est of all pig meat producing countries, at 688.2%. The al- ready mentioned interaction between government planning and entrepreneurial investments led to this success. Malawi’s share in the production volume of the LLDCs group
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