As of 01 July 2021, the total inventory of duck in the country was estimated at 13.05 million birds. This was an increase of 5.1 percent from the previous year’s same period level of 12.42 million birds. Stocks in backyard farms expanded by 10.2 percent while commercial duck inventory contracted by -3.7 percent. About 66.3 percent of duck population was raised in backyard farms while the remaining 33.7 percent was from commercial farms. (Figure 2)

In terms of inventory, Central Luzon recorded the highest duck population with 4.62 million birds.  This was followed by SOCCSKSARGEN with 1.45 million birds and Western Visayas with 1.42 million birds. These regions shared 57.4 percent of the country’s total duck inventory. (Figure 3)