Eggs Primary — Production in France
France: Eggs Primary — Production was 877,856 t in 2017. ▲ Rising
Eggs Primary — Production in France, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for eggs primary — production in France is 877,856 t, measured in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.5% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggs primary — production in France peaked at 1.03 million t in 2001 and was at its lowest, 520,000 t, in 1961.
That places France 17th out of 190 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Eggs Primary — Production in France, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 520,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 532,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 533,000 t | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 579,000 t | +8.6% |
| 1965 | 582,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 587,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 613,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 612,000 t | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 628,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 658,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 647,000 t | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 673,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 720,000 t | +7.0% |
| 1974 | 735,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 768,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 747,600 t | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 744,000 t | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 793,000 t | +6.6% |
| 1979 | 802,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 853,000 t | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 894,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 950,000 t | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 908,000 t | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 895,200 t | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 894,600 t | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 925,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 872,400 t | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 930,800 t | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 905,200 t | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 886,800 t | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 918,240 t | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 922,500 t | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 930,900 t | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 982,200 t | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 1.02 million t | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 993,600 t | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 979,654 t | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 982,395 t | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 1.00 million t | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 987,885 t | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.03 million t | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 996,200 t | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 995,900 t | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.02 million t | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 930,100 t | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 908,300 t | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 878,400 t | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 873,973 t | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 901,700 t | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 946,500 t | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 865,900 t | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 845,300 t | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 945,952 t | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 956,379 t | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 970,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 816,297 t | -15.8% |
| 2017 | 877,856 t | +7.5% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 877,856 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 61,764 t, 14.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- France's 877,856 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 80,000 t, 11.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 576,222 t | 520,000 t | 628,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 728,760 t | 647,000 t | 802,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 902,820 t | 853,000 t | 950,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 962,245 t | 886,800 t | 1.02 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 952,166 t | 873,973 t | 1.03 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 903,023 t | 816,297 t | 970,000 t | 8 |
Countries ranked near France
- 14 Germany 997,458 t compare
- 14 Melanesia 17,931 t compare
- 15 Colombia 991,094 t compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17,286 t compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,900 t compare
- 16 Spain 884,100 t compare
- 17 Polynesia 3,771 t compare
- 18 Malaysia 857,751 t compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 1,164 t compare
- 19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 850,000 t compare
- 19 Micronesia 500.72 t compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 240 t compare
- 20 Republic of Korea 839,142 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggs primary — production in France?
- Eggs primary — production in France was 877,856 t in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggs primary — production recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 million t in 2001.
- What is the lowest eggs primary — production recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 520,000 t in 1961.
- How does France rank for eggs primary — production?
- France ranks 17th out of 190 countries with data for 2017.
- Is eggs primary — production rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.