Netherlands vs Sweden: Share of egg-laying hens in cage-free systems

Netherlands
85.2%
in 2025
Sweden
99.3%
in 2025
Netherlands rank
6th
Sweden rank
3rd

Share of egg-laying hens in cage-free systems over time

  • Netherlands
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 99.3% against 85.2% in Netherlands, a difference of 14.1%.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.2 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Netherlands ahead.

Netherlands ranks 6th and Sweden ranks 3rd of 29 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of egg-laying hens in cage-free systems
Unit
%
Source
European Commission (2026) and other sources – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
29 places, 391 data points, 1996–2025
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Cage-free housing systems include barns and free-range (non-organic and organic) farms.