As of 01 January  2020, the total inventory of duck  was estimated at  11.79 million birds. This represents an increment of 1.9 percent compared with the previous year’s record of 11.58 million birds.

Inventory of duck in backyard farms contracted by 1.3 percent, from 7.88 million birds in 2019 to 7.77 million birds in 2020. Meanwhile, duck inventory in commercial farms as of the reference period expanded by 8.7 percent relative to its 2019 count of 3.70 million birds.

The top three regions in terms of inventory were  Central Luzon, SOCCSKSARGEN and Western Visayas.  These regions contributed 58.9 percent to the country’s total duck population.