Mexico vs South America: Eggs Primary — Laying

Mexico
222,962 1000 An
in 2024
South America
524,052 1000 An
in 2024
Mexico rank
8th
South America rank
8th

Eggs Primary — Laying over time

  • Mexico
  • South America
0200.0k400.0k600.0k196119922024

How they compare

South America currently reports 524,052 1000 An against 222,962 1000 An in Mexico, a difference of 301,090 1000 An.

That makes South America's figure about 2.4 times Mexico's.

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

Mexico ranks 8th and South America ranks 8th of 188 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico South America Difference Ahead
1960s 30,461 1000 An 114,365 1000 An 83,904 1000 An South America
1970s 32,071 1000 An 172,012 1000 An 139,941 1000 An South America
1980s 82,785 1000 An 243,529 1000 An 160,744 1000 An South America
1990s 126,657 1000 An 300,307 1000 An 173,650 1000 An South America
2000s 166,543 1000 An 376,395 1000 An 209,852 1000 An South America
2010s 195,643 1000 An 484,139 1000 An 288,496 1000 An South America
2020s 214,760 1000 An 491,253 1000 An 276,492 1000 An South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher eggs primary — laying, Mexico or South America?
South America, at 524,052 1000 An against 222,962 1000 An in Mexico as of 2024.
What is the difference in eggs primary — laying between Mexico and South America?
301,090 1000 An, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and South America?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mexico and South America rank globally for eggs primary — laying?
Mexico ranks 8th and South America ranks 8th of 188 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.