China vs India: Eggs Primary — Laying

China
3.40 million 1000 An
in 2024
India
675,000 1000 An
in 2024
China rank
1st
India rank
3rd

Eggs Primary — Laying over time

  • China
  • India
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How they compare

China currently reports 3.40 million 1000 An against 675,000 1000 An in India, a difference of 2.73 million 1000 An.

That makes China's figure about 5.0 times India's.

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

China ranks 1st and India ranks 3rd of 206 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade China India Difference Ahead
1960s 419,959 1000 An 40,278 1000 An 379,681 1000 An China
1970s 498,391 1000 An 69,900 1000 An 428,491 1000 An China
1980s 621,092 1000 An 84,200 1000 An 536,892 1000 An China
1990s 1.26 million 1000 An 125,869 1000 An 1.14 million 1000 An China
2000s 2.20 million 1000 An 219,107 1000 An 1.99 million 1000 An China
2010s 2.81 million 1000 An 370,804 1000 An 2.44 million 1000 An China
2020s 3.32 million 1000 An 622,622 1000 An 2.69 million 1000 An China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher eggs primary — laying, China or India?
China, at 3.40 million 1000 An against 675,000 1000 An in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in eggs primary — laying between China and India?
2.73 million 1000 An, with China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China and India rank globally for eggs primary — laying?
China ranks 1st and India ranks 3rd of 206 countries.
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.