Eggs Primary — Laying in India
India: Eggs Primary — Laying was 675,000 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggs Primary — Laying in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, eggs primary — laying in India stood at 675,000 1000 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 107.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggs primary — laying in India peaked at 675,000 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 35,000 1000 An, in 1961.
That places India 3rd out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,278 1000 An | 35,000 1000 An | 48,000 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 69,900 1000 An | 50,500 1000 An | 86,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 84,200 1000 An | 72,000 1000 An | 102,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 125,869 1000 An | 110,000 1000 An | 146,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 219,107 1000 An | 174,000 1000 An | 277,969 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 370,804 1000 An | 303,658 1000 An | 524,899 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 622,622 1000 An | 559,040 1000 An | 675,000 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 China 3.40 million 1000 An compare
- 2 China, mainland 3.36 million 1000 An compare
- 4 Indonesia 447,258 1000 An compare
- 5 USSR 385,000 1000 An compare
- 6 Bangladesh 312,308 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture share gdp 16.23 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.23 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 64.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Rural population 941.42 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 642.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 37.61 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggs primary — laying in India?
- Eggs primary — laying in India was 675,000 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggs primary — laying recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 675,000 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest eggs primary — laying recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,000 1000 An in 1961.
- How does India rank for eggs primary — laying?
- India ranks 3rd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggs primary — laying rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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.