The rankings of pet cat populations in Europe don’t replicate the prevalence of pet possession. Extra populous nations inherently will are likely to have extra pets, however they might not have probably the most pets per capita. Nonetheless, ordering European nations by per capita pet possession causes totally different patterns to emerge.
Final yr, Russia had the very best pet cat inhabitants in Europe, in accordance with the European Pet Meals Trade Federation (FEDIAF) report “Information & Figures 2022.” But, the huge nation doesn’t rank in the highest 10 of cat possession per capita. As an alternative, Hungary rose to the highest.
To find out per capita cat possession, I divided FEDIAF pet possession information by the human inhabitants in 2022, in accordance with Worldometer statistics utilizing United Nations information.
- HUNGARY: 0.24 cats per particular person
- FRANCE : 0.23 cats per particular person
- AUSTRIA: 0.23 cats per particular person
- LATVIA: 0.22 cats per particular person
- LITHUANIA: 0.22 cats per particular person
- ROMANIA: 0.22 cats per particular person
- ESTONIA: 0.22 cats per particular person
- BELGUIM: 0.22 cats per particular person
- SLOVENIA: 0.21 cats per particular person
- UKRAINE: 0.21 cats per particular person
European pet meals market and inhabitants in 2022
In 2022, the European pet meals market grew to EUR29.1 billion (US$31.1 billion) with a mean 5.1% annual progress fee in the course of the previous three years, in accordance with a FEDIAF report. To achieve these gross sales figures, European pet house owners bought 10.5 million tonnes (11.6 million US tons) of pet meals merchandise, rising at 3.5% yearly. Europe was dwelling to 150 pet meals firms final yr. These companies operated an estimated 200 amenities which employed 118,000 individuals.
For 2022, FEDIAF recorded 91 million European households proudly owning at the very least one pet. Meaning roughly 46% of European households comprise a pet. Cats have been the most well-liked pets with a inhabitants of 127 million in 26% of households. Canines adopted cats intently because the second hottest pet. Canines lived in roughly 25% of European households with a inhabitants of 104 million.
- 127 million cats
- 104 million canine
- 53 million birds
- 29 million small mammals
- 22 million aquaria
- 11 million reptiles
Turkey and Russia have been each included in FEDIAF figures though Turkey lies exterior of geographical Europe, as does a big portion of Russia. No distinction was made between pets residing within the European or Asian parts of Russia.
About European Pet Meals Federation
The European Pet Meals Federation represents the European pet meals trade. It’s an umbrella group of nationwide pet meals trade associations. FEDIAF’s mission is to be the voice of the European pet meals trade collaborating with authorities, regulators and lecturers for attaining favorable circumstances for the provision of protected, nutritious and palatable merchandise to pets and their house owners. Based mostly in Brussels, FEDIAF states that it’s dedicated to selling accountable pet possession, to the wellbeing of pet animals, to their vital social function and to sustainable growth.
The annual Information & Figures from FEDIAF are compiled utilizing figures from FEDIAF and its member associations and estimations primarily based upon the place indicated.
