Number of cats in Russia 2010-2022

The number of pet cats in Russia has been gradually expanding over the period under consideration. In 2022, there was a slight increase in the figures, with 23.15 million domestic cats recorded countrywide, compared to 22.95 million pets in the previous year.  

Animal products’ market in Russia

With the growing population of domestic animals in the country, the market for animal products has been growing accordingly. Litter products accounted for the second-largest turnover in the animal products’ market after cat and dog food, at 24 billion Russian rubles in 2022. As for pet food sales growth, retail sales of cat food grew by 10.6 percent in monetary terms and 5.6 percent in physical terms between March 2021 and February 2022.

Pet-friendly Russia

Even though Russians were more prone to pet a cat rather than a dog, which was reflected by the lower number of domestic dogs in the country in 2019, a positive attitude towards domestic animals was largely widespread in the society. Namely, half of those who did not have any domestic animal in 2019, showed a disposition to adopt a pet from an animal shelter.