Eggs Primary — Production in Eastern Asia

Eastern Asia: Eggs Primary — Production was 39.77 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
39.77 million t
Change on year
up 0.8%
Rank
2nd
of 29 groups
All-time high
39.77 million t
in 2024
All-time low
2.50 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Eggs Primary — Production in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024

010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

In 2024, eggs primary — production in Eastern Asia stood at 39.77 million t. 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 21.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, eggs primary — production in Eastern Asia peaked at 39.77 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.50 million t, in 1961.

That places Eastern Asia 2nd out of 29 groups 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 Eastern Asia, year by year

Annual values for Eggs Primary — Production in Eastern Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 2.50 million t —
1962 2.61 million t +4.5%
1963 2.69 million t +3.1%
1964 2.94 million t +9.3%
1965 3.10 million t +5.4%
1966 3.05 million t -1.5%
1967 3.22 million t +5.6%
1968 3.40 million t +5.6%
1969 3.70 million t +8.6%
1970 3.88 million t +4.9%
1971 4.00 million t +3.1%
1972 4.10 million t +2.4%
1973 4.18 million t +1.9%
1974 4.25 million t +1.8%
1975 4.37 million t +2.7%
1976 4.54 million t +3.9%
1977 4.72 million t +3.9%
1978 4.93 million t +4.6%
1979 5.12 million t +3.8%
1980 5.31 million t +3.7%
1981 5.41 million t +1.9%
1982 5.68 million t +5.1%
1983 6.01 million t +5.9%
1984 7.07 million t +17.6%
1985 8.14 million t +15.1%
1986 8.44 million t +3.7%
1987 8.99 million t +6.4%
1988 10.09 million t +12.3%
1989 10.36 million t +2.7%
1990 11.14 million t +7.5%
1991 12.54 million t +12.6%
1992 13.58 million t +8.3%
1993 15.23 million t +12.1%
1994 18.19 million t +19.5%
1995 20.17 million t +10.9%
1996 23.13 million t +14.7%
1997 22.49 million t -2.7%
1998 23.68 million t +5.3%
1999 24.86 million t +5.0%
2000 25.36 million t +2.0%
2001 25.69 million t +1.3%
2002 26.26 million t +2.2%
2003 26.94 million t +2.6%
2004 27.24 million t +1.1%
2005 27.88 million t +2.3%
2006 27.76 million t -0.4%
2007 28.92 million t +4.2%
2008 30.63 million t +5.9%
2009 31.02 million t +1.3%
2010 31.24 million t +0.7%
2011 31.70 million t +1.5%
2012 32.24 million t +1.7%
2013 32.42 million t +0.6%
2014 32.63 million t +0.6%
2015 34.28 million t +5.0%
2016 35.46 million t +3.4%
2017 34.86 million t -1.7%
2018 35.24 million t +1.1%
2019 37.05 million t +5.1%
2020 38.65 million t +4.3%
2021 38.01 million t -1.7%
2022 38.51 million t +1.3%
2023 39.44 million t +2.4%
2024 39.77 million t +0.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 3.02 million t 2.50 million t 3.70 million t 9
1970s 4.41 million t 3.88 million t 5.12 million t 10
1980s 7.55 million t 5.31 million t 10.36 million t 10
1990s 18.50 million t 11.14 million t 24.86 million t 10
2000s 27.77 million t 25.36 million t 31.02 million t 10
2010s 33.71 million t 31.24 million t 37.05 million t 10
2020s 38.88 million t 38.01 million t 39.77 million t 5

Countries ranked near Eastern Asia

  1. 1 China 36.31 million t compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 35.88 million t compare
  3. 3 India 8.10 million t compare
  4. 3 Türkiye 1.32 million t compare
  5. 4 Indonesia 6.85 million t compare
  6. 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 788,611 t compare
  7. 5 USSR 4.53 million t compare
  8. 5 Viet Nam 678,088 t compare

See the full ranking of 239 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is eggs primary — production in Eastern Asia?
Eggs primary — production in Eastern Asia was 39.77 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest eggs primary — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
The highest recorded value was 39.77 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest eggs primary — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 2.50 million t in 1961.
How does Eastern Asia rank for eggs primary — production?
Eastern Asia ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is eggs primary — production rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Eastern Asia 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.