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 194 countries. The highest value is 31.83 kg/cap in Belgium; the lowest is 0.06 kg/cap in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.46 kg/cap, and the mean is 8.34 kg/cap.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 530.
Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 73 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 | 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 | Russia | 16.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 15 | Russian Federation | 16.83 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 16.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 145.2% | rising |
| 18 | Belarus | 16.7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 19 | Marshall Islands | 16.45 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 20 | Ukraine | 16.15 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 21 | Germany | 15.9 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 22 | Canada | 15.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 23 | United States | 15.59 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 24 | Spain | 15.4 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 25 | Qatar | 15.15 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 26 | Austria | 15.12 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 27 | Colombia | 14.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 28 | Uruguay | 14.5 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 29 | Hungary | 14.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 30 | China, Taiwan Province of | 14.05 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 31 | Kuwait | 14.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 32 | Lithuania | 13.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 33 | Bahamas | 13.69 kg/cap | 2023 | up 120.1% | rising |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 13.61 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 35 | Denmark | 13.45 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 36 | Armenia | 13.42 kg/cap | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 37 | Montenegro | 13.38 kg/cap | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 38 | Ireland | 13.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 39 | Romania | 13.16 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 40 | France | 13.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 40 | Italy | 13.14 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 40 | Malta | 13.14 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 43 | Republic of Korea | 13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 44 | Portugal | 12.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 45 | Switzerland | 12.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 45 | Estonia | 12.79 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 47 | Serbia | 12.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 48 | Brazil | 12.73 kg/cap | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 12.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 165.5% | rising |
| 50 | Israel | 12.5 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 51 | Guatemala | 12.42 kg/cap | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 52 | Fiji | 12.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 143.3% | rising |
| 53 | Moldova | 12.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 53 | Republic of Moldova | 12.28 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 55 | Norway | 12.1 kg/cap | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 56 | Thailand | 11.69 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 57 | Albania | 11.62 kg/cap | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 58 | Nauru | 11.59 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 58 | Nauru | 11.59 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 60 | Turkmenistan | 11.56 kg/cap | 2023 | up 47.4% | rising |
| 61 | French Polynesia | 11.51 kg/cap | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 11.39 kg/cap | 2023 | up 95.0% | rising |
| 63 | Georgia | 11.27 kg/cap | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 64 | Slovenia | 11.25 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 65 | Seychelles | 11.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 66 | Tuvalu | 11 kg/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 67 | Peru | 10.95 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 68 | New Zealand | 10.87 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 69 | United Kingdom | 10.78 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 69 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 10.78 kg/cap | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 71 | Bahrain | 10.69 kg/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 10.64 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 73 | Turkey | 10.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 73 | Türkiye | 10.52 kg/cap | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 75 | Finland | 10.45 kg/cap | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 76 | Sweden | 10.42 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 77 | Iceland | 9.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 78 | Chile | 9.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 79 | Barbados | 9.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 9.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 81 | Greece | 9.65 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 82 | Cuba | 9.41 kg/cap | 2019 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 83 | Slovakia | 9.34 kg/cap | 2023 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 84 | Latvia | 9 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 85 | Czechia | 8.94 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 85 | Croatia | 8.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 87 | Libya | 8.88 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 88 | New Caledonia | 8.59 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 89 | El Salvador | 8.54 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 90 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 8.47 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 91 | Australia and New Zealand | 8.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 92 | North Macedonia | 8.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 93 | Ecuador | 7.72 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.4% | flat |
| 94 | Mauritius | 7.71 kg/cap | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 95 | Morocco | 7.67 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 96 | Australia | 7.64 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 97 | Cyprus | 7.61 kg/cap | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 98 | United Arab Emirates | 7.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 99 | Lebanon | 7.11 kg/cap | 2023 | up 138.6% | rising |
| 100 | Caribbean | 7.08 kg/cap | 2023 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 101 | Panama | 7.07 kg/cap | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 102 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.03 kg/cap | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 102 | Tunisia | 7.03 kg/cap | 2023 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 104 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 kg/cap | 2023 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 105 | Mongolia | 6.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 107.2% | rising |
| 105 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 6.94 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 107 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 6.89 kg/cap | 2023 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 108 | Polynesia | 6.62 kg/cap | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 59.6% | rising |
| 110 | Micronesia | 6.37 kg/cap | 2023 | up 308.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 6.21 kg/cap | 2023 | up 281.0% | rising |
| 112 | Algeria | 6.05 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 113 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 102.7% | rising |
| 114 | South Africa | 5.86 kg/cap | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 115 | Oman | 5.85 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 116 | Suriname | 5.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 117 | Philippines | 5.75 kg/cap | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 5.2 kg/cap | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 119 | Poland | 5.17 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 120 | Saint Lucia | 5.13 kg/cap | 2023 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 121 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 5.1 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.82 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 123 | Cabo Verde | 4.8 kg/cap | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 124 | Belize | 4.78 kg/cap | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 125 | Nicaragua | 4.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 126 | India | 4.72 kg/cap | 2023 | up 87.3% | rising |
| 127 | Jordan | 4.58 kg/cap | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 128 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4.41 kg/cap | 2018 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 129 | Bhutan | 4.28 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 130 | Syria | 4.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 130 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 132 | Vietnam | 3.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 132 | Viet Nam | 3.96 kg/cap | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 134 | Honduras | 3.94 kg/cap | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 135 | Pakistan | 3.86 kg/cap | 2023 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 136 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.8 kg/cap | 2023 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 3.77 kg/cap | 2023 | up 99.5% | rising |
| 138 | Egypt | 3.69 kg/cap | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 138 | Tonga | 3.69 kg/cap | 2023 | — | falling |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 3.57 kg/cap | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 141 | Jamaica | 3.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 84.8% | rising |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 3.53 kg/cap | 2023 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 143 | Kiribati | 3.48 kg/cap | 2023 | up 123.1% | rising |
| 144 | Senegal | 3.3 kg/cap | 2023 | up 110.2% | rising |
| 145 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.81 kg/cap | 2023 | up 112.9% | rising |
| 146 | Zambia | 2.7 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 147 | Nigeria | 2.62 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 148 | Iraq | 2.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 77.6% | falling |
| 149 | East Timor | 2.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Timor-Leste | 2.41 kg/cap | 2023 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Nepal | 2.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 152 | Djibouti | 2.02 kg/cap | 2023 | up 225.8% | rising |
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 153 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.99 kg/cap | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 155 | Myanmar | 1.98 kg/cap | 2023 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 156 | Gambia | 1.97 kg/cap | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Guinea | 1.87 kg/cap | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 158 | Laos | 1.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 158 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.83 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 160 | Angola | 1.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Cameroon | 1.74 kg/cap | 2023 | up 314.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Guyana | 1.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 162 | Yemen | 1.6 kg/cap | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 164 | Melanesia | 1.59 kg/cap | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 165 | Zimbabwe | 1.56 kg/cap | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 166 | Liberia | 1.5 kg/cap | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 167 | Comoros | 1.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 167 | Samoa | 1.48 kg/cap | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 169 | Eswatini | 1.43 kg/cap | 2023 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 170 | Botswana | 1.41 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 171 | Sierra Leone | 1.26 kg/cap | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 172 | Kenya | 1.25 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 173 | Burkina Faso | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 173 | Cambodia | 1.09 kg/cap | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 175 | Ghana | 1.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 175 | Mauritania | 1.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Malawi | 0.88 kg/cap | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 178 | Gabon | 0.85 kg/cap | 2023 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 179 | Namibia | 0.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 179 | Solomon Islands | 0.84 kg/cap | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 181 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.82 kg/cap | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 182 | Uganda | 0.75 kg/cap | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.71 kg/cap | 2023 | down 74.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Afghanistan | 0.58 kg/cap | 2023 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 185 | Lesotho | 0.55 kg/cap | 2023 | down 49.1% | falling |
| 186 | Madagascar | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 186 | Mozambique | 0.49 kg/cap | 2023 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 188 | Papua New Guinea | 0.44 kg/cap | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 189 | Haiti | 0.39 kg/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 190 | Rwanda | 0.36 kg/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 191 | Ethiopia | 0.3 kg/cap | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 192 | Niger | 0.23 kg/cap | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 193 | Congo | 0.19 kg/cap | 2023 | down 64.8% | falling |
| 194 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.06 kg/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 21.92 kg/cap
- Central America 17.9 kg/cap
- Western Europe 15.95 kg/cap
- Northern America 15.62 kg/cap
- United States of America 15.59 kg/cap
- Americas 14.45 kg/cap
- Eastern Europe 14.06 kg/cap
- Europe 13.98 kg/cap
- European Union (27) 13.45 kg/cap
- Southern Europe 13.23 kg/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 12.68 kg/cap
- South America 12.63 kg/cap
- Asia 12.06 kg/cap
- Northern Europe 11.14 kg/cap
- World 10.69 kg/cap
- Central Asia 10.4 kg/cap
- Western Asia 7.51 kg/cap
- Oceania 6.29 kg/cap
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 5.54 kg/cap
- Southern Africa 5.26 kg/cap
- Southern Asia 4.58 kg/cap
- Northern Africa 4.49 kg/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.79 kg/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.58 kg/cap
- Africa 2.1 kg/cap
- Western Africa 2 kg/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.6 kg/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.44 kg/cap
- Eastern Africa 1.02 kg/cap
- Middle Africa 0.63 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.