Asia vs China: Eggs Primary — Laying

Asia
6.16 million 1000 An
in 2024
China
3.40 million 1000 An
in 2024
Asia rank
2nd
China rank
1st

Eggs Primary — Laying over time

  • Asia
  • China
02.0M4.0M6.0M196119922024

How they compare

Asia currently reports 6.16 million 1000 An against 3.40 million 1000 An in China, a difference of 2.76 million 1000 An.

That makes Asia's figure about 1.8 times China's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.

Asia ranks 2nd and China ranks 1st of 33 groups.

Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia China Difference Ahead
1960s 748,375 1000 An 419,959 1000 An 328,416 1000 An Asia
1970s 1.00 million 1000 An 498,391 1000 An 505,407 1000 An Asia
1980s 1.32 million 1000 An 621,092 1000 An 697,684 1000 An Asia
1990s 2.28 million 1000 An 1.26 million 1000 An 1.02 million 1000 An Asia
2000s 3.63 million 1000 An 2.20 million 1000 An 1.42 million 1000 An Asia
2010s 4.77 million 1000 An 2.81 million 1000 An 1.96 million 1000 An Asia
2020s 5.92 million 1000 An 3.32 million 1000 An 2.61 million 1000 An Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher eggs primary — laying, Asia or China?
Asia, at 6.16 million 1000 An against 3.40 million 1000 An in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in eggs primary — laying between Asia and China?
2.76 million 1000 An, with Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and China?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Asia and China rank globally for eggs primary — laying?
Asia ranks 2nd and China ranks 1st of 33 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Eggs Primary — Laying. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Eggs Primary — Laying
Unit
1000 An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
239 places, 13,785 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.