Eggs Primary — Production in China, mainland

China, mainland: Eggs Primary — Production was 35.88 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
35.88 million t
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
2nd
of 190 countries
All-time high
35.88 million t
in 2024
All-time low
1.50 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Eggs Primary — Production in China, mainland, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

China, mainland recorded 35.88 million t for eggs primary — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 24.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, eggs primary — production in China, mainland peaked at 35.88 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.50 million t, in 1961.

That places China, mainland 2nd out of 190 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.

Eggs Primary — Production in China, mainland, year by year

Annual values for Eggs Primary — Production in China, mainland, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 1.50 million t —
1962 1.52 million t +1.3%
1963 1.54 million t +1.3%
1964 1.58 million t +2.6%
1965 1.62 million t +2.5%
1966 1.67 million t +3.1%
1967 1.72 million t +3.0%
1968 1.76 million t +2.3%
1969 1.82 million t +3.4%
1970 1.87 million t +2.7%
1971 1.94 million t +3.7%
1972 2.00 million t +3.1%
1973 2.07 million t +3.5%
1974 2.15 million t +3.9%
1975 2.23 million t +3.7%
1976 2.32 million t +4.0%
1977 2.41 million t +3.9%
1978 2.52 million t +4.6%
1979 2.65 million t +5.2%
1980 2.80 million t +5.7%
1981 2.90 million t +3.6%
1982 3.10 million t +6.9%
1983 3.32 million t +7.2%
1984 4.32 million t +29.9%
1985 5.35 million t +23.9%
1986 5.55 million t +3.8%
1987 5.90 million t +6.3%
1988 6.96 million t +17.8%
1989 7.20 million t +3.5%
1990 7.95 million t +10.4%
1991 9.24 million t +16.3%
1992 10.20 million t +10.4%
1993 11.80 million t +15.7%
1994 14.79 million t +25.4%
1995 16.77 million t +13.4%
1996 19.65 million t +17.2%
1997 18.97 million t -3.5%
1998 20.20 million t +6.5%
1999 21.35 million t +5.7%
2000 21.82 million t +2.2%
2001 22.10 million t +1.3%
2002 22.66 million t +2.5%
2003 23.33 million t +3.0%
2004 23.71 million t +1.6%
2005 24.38 million t +2.8%
2006 24.24 million t -0.6%
2007 25.29 million t +4.3%
2008 27.02 million t +6.8%
2009 27.43 million t +1.5%
2010 27.63 million t +0.7%
2011 28.11 million t +1.8%
2012 28.61 million t +1.8%
2013 28.76 million t +0.5%
2014 28.94 million t +0.6%
2015 30.46 million t +5.3%
2016 31.61 million t +3.8%
2017 30.96 million t -2.0%
2018 31.28 million t +1.0%
2019 33.09 million t +5.8%
2020 34.68 million t +4.8%
2021 34.09 million t -1.7%
2022 34.56 million t +1.4%
2023 35.63 million t +3.1%
2024 35.88 million t +0.7%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Eggs Primary — Production in China, mainland 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.

YearChange FromTo
1984 +29.9% 3.32 million t 4.32 million t
1994 +25.4% 11.80 million t 14.79 million t

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.64 million t 1.50 million t 1.82 million t 9
1970s 2.22 million t 1.87 million t 2.65 million t 10
1980s 4.74 million t 2.80 million t 7.20 million t 10
1990s 15.09 million t 7.95 million t 21.35 million t 10
2000s 24.20 million t 21.82 million t 27.43 million t 10
2010s 29.95 million t 27.63 million t 33.09 million t 10
2020s 34.97 million t 34.09 million t 35.88 million t 5

Countries ranked near China, mainland

  1. 1 China 36.31 million t compare
  2. 3 India 8.10 million t compare
  3. 3 Türkiye 1.32 million t compare
  4. 4 Indonesia 6.85 million t compare
  5. 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 788,611 t compare
  6. 5 USSR 4.53 million t compare
  7. 5 Viet Nam 678,088 t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is eggs primary — production in China, mainland?
Eggs primary — production in China, mainland was 35.88 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest eggs primary — production recorded in China, mainland?
The highest recorded value was 35.88 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest eggs primary — production recorded in China, mainland?
The lowest recorded value was 1.50 million t in 1961.
How does China, mainland rank for eggs primary — production?
China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
Is eggs primary — production rising or falling in China, mainland?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this China, mainland 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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Indicator
Eggs Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
239 places, 13,862 data points, 1961–2024
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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.