Italy - Number of animals producing eggs

46,844 (thousand head) in 2020

Italy number of animals producing eggs was at level of 46,844 thousand head in 2020, down from 60,000 thousand head in 2017, this is a change of 21.93%.

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Eggs and Egg products. Egg production by type of poultry should refer to the total production of eggs in the shell by all types of hens in both the traditional sector (individually owned small flocks) and the modern sector (large-scale, intensive commercial poultry farms).Total productions include eggs for hatching but exclude waste of farms. Countries should report in terms of both numbers and weight.FAO lists seven egg and egg products items, including four primary and three processed products.