Eggs Primary — Production in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Eggs Primary — Production was 21,968 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Eggs Primary — Production in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 21,968 t for eggs primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggs primary — production in Afghanistan peaked at 21,968 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,000 t, in 1961.
That places Afghanistan 120th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Eggs Primary — Production in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 11,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 11,500 t | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 12,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 12,800 t | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 13,200 t | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 15,000 t | +13.6% |
| 1968 | 13,900 t | -7.3% |
| 1969 | 15,000 t | +7.9% |
| 1970 | 13,700 t | -8.7% |
| 1971 | 12,850 t | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 12,850 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 13,150 t | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 13,150 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 13,370 t | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 13,370 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 13,600 t | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 13,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 13,900 t | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 13,900 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 14,200 t | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 14,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 14,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 14,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 14,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 14,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 14,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 14,200 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 14,250 t | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 14,300 t | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 14,350 t | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 14,400 t | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 14,450 t | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 14,600 t | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 14,700 t | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 18,300 t | +24.5% |
| 1997 | 18,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 18,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 18,300 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 15,010 t | -18.0% |
| 2001 | 13,100 t | -12.7% |
| 2002 | 16,730 t | +27.7% |
| 2003 | 16,371 t | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 17,400 t | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 21,824 t | +25.4% |
| 2006 | 14,688 t | -32.7% |
| 2007 | 16,858 t | +14.8% |
| 2008 | 16,698 t | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 16,778 t | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 16,344 t | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 17,210 t | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 18,000 t | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 18,500 t | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 19,833 t | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 19,884 t | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 20,000 t | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 20,770 t | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 20,787 t | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 21,232 t | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 21,809 t | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 21,637 t | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 21,802 t | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 21,968 t | +0.8% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 21,968 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 11,590 t, 1.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 21,968 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 76,321 t, 29% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggs Primary — Production in Afghanistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | -32.7% | 21,824 t | 14,688 t |
| 2002 | +27.7% | 13,100 t | 16,730 t |
| 2005 | +25.4% | 17,400 t | 21,824 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,711 t | 10,000 t | 15,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,354 t | 12,850 t | 13,900 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,175 t | 13,900 t | 14,250 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,000 t | 14,300 t | 18,300 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,546 t | 13,100 t | 21,824 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,933 t | 16,344 t | 20,787 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,690 t | 21,232 t | 21,968 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 117 Benin 22,822 t compare
- 118 Madagascar 22,442 t compare
- 119 Bosnia and Herzegovina 22,059 t compare
- 121 Mozambique 16,343 t compare
- 122 Mauritius 14,330 t compare
- 123 Qatar 14,097 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.1522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0005 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1847 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.2358 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0022 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.8814 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggs primary — production in Afghanistan?
- Eggs primary — production in Afghanistan was 21,968 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggs primary — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 21,968 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest eggs primary — production recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 t in 1961.
- How does Afghanistan rank for eggs primary — production?
- Afghanistan ranks 120th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggs primary — production rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Eggs Primary — Production. 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.