Sweden! - International Federation of Agricultural Journalists

28 SOLUTIONS FOR A GREEN FUTURE
Poultry
The slaughter of broiler chickens in Sweden has increased
by 20 percent since 1995. In 2009, 71.8 million broiler
chickens were produced in Sweden. The average weight of
a broiler chicken at the time of slaughter was 1.9 kilograms.
From 2008 to 2009 the number of egg-laying hens decreased
by 5 percent to 5.3 million.
Consumption
Consumption of poultry grew in Sweden
during the first 10 months of 2010.
Consumption of Swedish broiler chickens
increased by 8.5 percent and at the same
time imports grew by 4.3 percent compared
with the same period the year before.
The year before, 2009, consumption of
Swedish produced broiler chicken increased
by 3.4 percent. In that year, every
Swede ate an average of 8 kilograms of
chicken. In the last 10 years the consumption
of poultry has more than doubled in
Sweden. However, despite this, the average
Swede eats less chicken than their European
counterparts.
A few large farms dominate
Farms with more than 100 hectares of
arable land have nearly a third of all
hens.
Only every twentieth farm has more