Eggs Primary — Laying in Africa
Africa: Eggs Primary — Laying was 643,372 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Eggs Primary — Laying in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, eggs primary — laying in Africa stood at 643,372 1000 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggs primary — laying in Africa peaked at 643,372 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 123,617 1000 An, in 1961.
Africa ranks 9th of 33 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 143,302 1000 An | 123,617 1000 An | 166,675 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 197,026 1000 An | 169,366 1000 An | 227,840 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 272,743 1000 An | 233,764 1000 An | 299,425 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 336,313 1000 An | 318,662 1000 An | 361,473 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 416,848 1000 An | 349,494 1000 An | 479,719 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 522,840 1000 An | 488,751 1000 An | 585,742 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 619,100 1000 An | 593,812 1000 An | 643,372 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 6 Bangladesh 312,308 1000 An compare
- 7 Brazil 289,485 1000 An compare
- 8 Mexico 222,962 1000 An compare
- 9 Russian Federation 162,000 1000 An compare
- 10 Philippines 150,621 1000 An compare
- 11 Nigeria 136,854 1000 An compare
- 12 Pakistan 135,120 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 55.77 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggs primary — laying in Africa?
- Eggs primary — laying in Africa was 643,372 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggs primary — laying recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 643,372 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest eggs primary — laying recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 123,617 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for eggs primary — laying?
- Africa ranks 9th out of 33 groups with data for 2024.
- Is eggs primary — laying rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Eggs Primary — Laying. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.