As of 31 December 2022, the total duck inventory reached 13.43 million birds. This was 11.9 percent higher compared with the previous year’s same period count of 12.00 million birds. Stocks in smallhold and semi-commercial farms grew by 9.7 percent and 30.2 percent, respectively. On the other hand, stocks in commercial farms declined by -51.1 percent relative to the same period of the previous year’s record. As of 31 December 2022, the share of semi-commercial farms to the total duck inventory grew to 28.0 percent from the 24.1 percent share in the same period of the previous year. However, the share of smallhold and commercial farms both reduced to 70.0 percent and 2.0 percent shares, respectively. (Figure 2)

Central Luzon recorded the highest duck population of 4.76 million birds as of 31 December 2022. This was followed by SOCCSKSARGEN and Cagayan Valley with corresponding inventories of 1.43 million birds and 1.33 million birds. These three regions shared 56.1 percent to the country’s total duck population.