As of 31 March 2023, the total duck inventory was estimated at 14.38 million birds. This was 14.2 percent higher compared with the previous year’s same period count of 12.59 million birds. About  68.6 percent of the country’s duck population came from smallhold farms, while the remaining 28.2 percent and 3.2 percent were from semi-commercial and commercial farms, respectively. (Figure 2)

Central Luzon recorded the highest duck population of 5.25 million birds as of 31 March 2023. This was followed by SOCCSKSARGEN and Cagayan Valley with corresponding inventories of 1.52 million birds and 1.47 million birds. These three regions shared 57.3 percent to the country’s total duck population during the period.