Eggs — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) by country
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply...
What the numbers show
Eggs — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 31.83 kg/cap in Belgium; the lowest is 0.19 kg/cap in Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.12 kg/cap, and the mean is 8.71 kg/cap.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 168.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Indonesia (up 355.7%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 77.6%).
Eggs — Food supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 31.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 154.0% | rising |
| 2 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 28.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 80.5% | rising |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 25.47 kg/cap | 2023 | up 60.9% | rising |
| 4 | China, Macao SAR | 23.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 58.2% | rising |
| 5 | China, mainland | 22.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 6 | China (People's Republic of) | 22.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 7 | Malaysia | 21.65 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 21.55 kg/cap | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 9 | Grenada | 21.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 131.2% | rising |
| 10 | Indonesia | 20.87 kg/cap | 2023 | up 355.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Maldives | 20.17 kg/cap | 2023 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 12 | Argentina | 18.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 13 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 17.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 14 | Paraguay | 17.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 16.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 16.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 145.2% | rising |
| 17 | Belarus | 16.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 18 | Marshall Islands | 16.45 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 19 | Ukraine | 16.15 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 20 | Germany | 15.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 21 | Canada | 15.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 22 | Spain | 15.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 23 | Qatar | 15.15 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 24 | Austria | 15.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 14.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 26 | Uruguay | 14.5 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 27 | Hungary | 14.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 28 | China, Taiwan Province of | 14.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 29 | Kuwait | 14.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 30 | Lithuania | 13.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 31 | Bahamas | 13.69 kg/cap | 2023 | up 120.1% | rising |
| 32 | Costa Rica | 13.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 33 | Denmark | 13.45 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 34 | Armenia | 13.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 35 | Montenegro | 13.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 36 | Ireland | 13.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 37 | Romania | 13.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 38 | France | 13.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 38 | Italy | 13.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 38 | Malta | 13.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 41 | Republic of Korea | 13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 42 | Portugal | 12.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 43 | Switzerland | 12.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 43 | Estonia | 12.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 45 | Serbia | 12.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 46 | Brazil | 12.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 12.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 165.5% | rising |
| 48 | Israel | 12.5 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 49 | Guatemala | 12.42 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 50 | Fiji | 12.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 143.3% | rising |
| 51 | Norway | 12.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 52 | Thailand | 11.69 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 53 | Albania | 11.62 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 54 | Nauru | 11.59 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 55 | Turkmenistan | 11.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 56 | French Polynesia | 11.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 11.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 95.0% | rising |
| 58 | Georgia | 11.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 59 | Slovenia | 11.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 60 | Seychelles | 11.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 61 | Tuvalu | 11 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 62 | Peru | 10.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 63 | New Zealand | 10.87 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 64 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10.78 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 65 | Bahrain | 10.69 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 10.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 67 | Finland | 10.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 68 | Sweden | 10.42 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 69 | Iceland | 9.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 70 | Chile | 9.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 71 | Barbados | 9.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 9.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 73 | Greece | 9.65 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 74 | Cuba | 9.41 kg/cap | 2019 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 75 | Slovak Republic | 9.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 76 | Latvia | 9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 77 | Czechia | 8.94 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 77 | Croatia | 8.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 79 | Libya | 8.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 80 | New Caledonia | 8.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 81 | El Salvador | 8.54 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 82 | Australia and New Zealand | 8.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 8.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 84 | Ecuador | 7.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.4% | flat |
| 85 | Mauritius | 7.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 86 | Morocco | 7.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 87 | Australia | 7.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 88 | Cyprus | 7.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 7.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 90 | Lebanon | 7.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 138.6% | rising |
| 91 | Panama | 7.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 92 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 92 | Tunisia | 7.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 95 | Mongolia | 6.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 107.2% | rising |
| 96 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 6.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 281.0% | rising |
| 98 | Algeria | 6.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 99 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 102.7% | rising |
| 100 | South Africa | 5.86 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 101 | Oman | 5.85 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 102 | Suriname | 5.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 103 | Philippines | 5.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 104 | Bulgaria | 5.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 105 | Poland | 5.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 106 | Saint Lucia | 5.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 107 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.82 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 108 | Belize | 4.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 4.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 110 | India | 4.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 87.3% | rising |
| 111 | Jordan | 4.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 112 | Bhutan | 4.28 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 113 | Honduras | 3.94 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 114 | Pakistan | 3.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 115 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 116 | Bangladesh | 3.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 99.5% | rising |
| 117 | Egypt | 3.69 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 117 | Tonga | 3.69 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 3.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 120 | Jamaica | 3.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 84.8% | rising |
| 120 | Vanuatu | 3.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 122 | Kiribati | 3.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 123.1% | rising |
| 123 | Senegal | 3.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 110.2% | rising |
| 124 | Zambia | 2.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 125 | Nigeria | 2.62 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 126 | Iraq | 2.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 77.6% | falling |
| 127 | Nepal | 2.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 128 | Djibouti | 2.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 225.8% | rising |
| 129 | Myanmar | 1.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 130 | Gambia | 1.97 kg/cap | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Guinea | 1.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 132 | Angola | 1.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Cameroon | 1.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 314.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Guyana | 1.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 134 | Yemen | 1.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 136 | Zimbabwe | 1.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 137 | Liberia | 1.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 138 | Comoros | 1.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 138 | Samoa | 1.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 140 | Eswatini | 1.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 141 | Botswana | 1.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 142 | Sierra Leone | 1.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 143 | Kenya | 1.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 144 | Burkina Faso | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 144 | Cambodia | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 146 | Ghana | 1.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 146 | Mauritania | 1.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Malawi | 0.88 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 149 | Gabon | 0.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 150 | Namibia | 0.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 0.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 152 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 153 | Uganda | 0.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 154 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Afghanistan | 0.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 156 | Lesotho | 0.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 157 | Madagascar | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 157 | Mozambique | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 0.44 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 160 | Haiti | 0.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 161 | Rwanda | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 162 | Ethiopia | 0.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 163 | Niger | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 164 | Congo | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 64.8% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 15.59 kg/cap
- Americas 14.45 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 13.45 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.79 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.58 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.6 kg/cap
- Western Asia 7.51 kg/cap
- Côte d'Ivoire 1.99 kg/cap
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.