The rankings of pet populations in Europe don’t replicate the prevalence of pet possession. Extra populous nations inherently will are inclined 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. Per capita canine possession charges might replicate reputation of pet possession and affect a manufacturers’ potential to enter or broaden in a nation.
Final yr, Russia had the best pet canine and cat populations in Europe, in accordance with the European Pet Meals Trade Federation (FEDIAF) report “Info & Figures 2022.” But, the huge nation doesn’t rank in the highest 10 of canine possession per capita. As a substitute, Portugal rose to the highest, adopted by a number of Japanese European nations.
To find out per capita canine possession, I divided FEDIAF pet possession information by the human inhabitants in 2022, in accordance with Worldometer statistics utilizing United Nations information.
Per capita canine possession in Europe 2022
- PORTUGAL: 0.25 canines per particular person
- HUNGARY 0.21 canines per particular person
- ROMANIA 0.21 canines per particular person
- CZECH REPUBLIC 0.21 canines per particular person
- LITHUANIA: 0.20 canines per particular person
- SPAIN: 0.20 canines per particular person
- POLAND: 0.20 canines per particular person
- UNITED KINGDOM: 0.19 canines per particular person
- ESTONIA: 0.18 canines per particular person
- BELGIUM: 0.17 canines 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 development price 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 house to 150 pet meals firms final yr. These companies operated an estimated 200 services which employed 118,000 individuals.
For 2022, FEDIAF recorded 91 million European households proudly owning not less than one pet. Which means 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. Canine adopted cats intently because the second hottest pet. Canine lived in roughly 25% of European households with a inhabitants of 104 million.
- 127 million cats
- 104 million canines
- 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 reaching favorable circumstances for the availability of secure, 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 essential social position and to sustainable growth.
The annual Info & Figures from FEDIAF are compiled utilizing figures from FEDIAF and its member associations and estimations based mostly upon the place indicated.
