Eggs Primary — Production in Belgium
Belgium: Eggs Primary — Production was 138,315 t in 2017. ▼ Falling
Eggs Primary — Production in Belgium, 2000–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 138,315 t for eggs primary — production in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is down 10.5% on the previous year and down 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggs primary — production in Belgium peaked at 212,550 t in 2001 and was at its lowest, 138,315 t, in 2017.
That places Belgium 53rd out of 190 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Eggs Primary — Production in Belgium, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 194,200 t | — |
| 2001 | 212,550 t | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 196,300 t | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 194,300 t | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 207,100 t | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 179,810 t | -13.2% |
| 2006 | 194,000 t | +7.9% |
| 2007 | 174,200 t | -10.2% |
| 2008 | 161,400 t | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 152,590 t | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 168,909 t | +10.7% |
| 2011 | 169,727 t | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 153,515 t | -9.6% |
| 2013 | 173,530 t | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 151,867 t | -12.5% |
| 2015 | 148,025 t | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 154,598 t | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 138,315 t | -10.5% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 138,315 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 61,764 t, 2.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 138,315 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 80,000 t, 1.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 186,645 t | 152,590 t | 212,550 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 157,311 t | 138,315 t | 173,530 t | 8 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggs primary — production in Belgium?
- Eggs primary — production in Belgium was 138,315 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggs primary — production recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 212,550 t in 2001.
- What is the lowest eggs primary — production recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 138,315 t in 2017.
- How does Belgium rank for eggs primary — production?
- Belgium ranks 53rd out of 190 countries with data for 2017.
- Is eggs primary — production rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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.