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In 2021, meat production in the Netherlands amounted to roughly *** million metric tons. This was a slight decrease in comparison to the previous year. In 2021, the country reached a self-sufficiently rate for fresh meat of nearly *** percent, meaning the Netherlands produced much more meat than its inhabitants consumed.

 Pork most popular meat 

  Of the meat produced in the Netherlands, the majority consisted of pork. In 2021, the pork production volume was nearly *** million tons, or just over half of the total meat production. By comparison, the total production of sheep and goat meat amounted to just * tons.

Pork farms

  The roughly *** million tons of pork produced in the Netherlands was the responsibility of some companies with pigs. Between them, these companies had roughly **** million animals, or an average of roughly pigs per farm. In the last decade, the number of pigs per company more than doubled.