Eggs Primary — Production in Portugal
Portugal: Eggs Primary — Production was 145,011 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Eggs Primary — Production in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, eggs primary — production in Portugal stood at 145,011 t.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggs primary — production in Portugal peaked at 152,426 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30,800 t, in 1961.
Portugal ranks 50th of 190 countries on this measure, 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,800 t | — |
| 1962 | 31,500 t | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 32,100 t | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 32,700 t | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 33,300 t | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 33,900 t | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 34,595 t | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 35,239 t | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 35,888 t | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 36,542 t | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 37,202 t | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 37,409 t | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 40,084 t | +7.2% |
| 1974 | 42,717 t | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 44,728 t | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 44,750 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 52,200 t | +16.6% |
| 1978 | 55,781 t | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 60,806 t | +9.0% |
| 1980 | 61,668 t | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 63,550 t | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 67,500 t | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 62,258 t | -7.8% |
| 1984 | 55,470 t | -10.9% |
| 1985 | 71,457 t | +28.8% |
| 1986 | 72,194 t | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 72,804 t | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 73,557 t | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 77,800 t | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 79,600 t | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 99,456 t | +24.9% |
| 1992 | 104,576 t | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 104,053 t | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 111,268 t | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 105,037 t | -5.6% |
| 1996 | 101,224 t | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 101,225 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 112,076 t | +10.7% |
| 1999 | 110,341 t | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 117,541 t | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 125,270 t | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 125,277 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 125,999 t | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 132,144 t | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 118,670 t | -10.2% |
| 2006 | 119,641 t | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 122,136 t | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 124,079 t | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 124,826 t | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 131,776 t | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 123,397 t | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 121,038 t | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 126,014 t | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 132,418 t | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 145,397 t | +9.8% |
| 2016 | 139,866 t | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 141,791 t | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 142,790 t | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 141,599 t | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 146,234 t | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 141,949 t | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 149,720 t | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 152,426 t | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 145,011 t | -4.9% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 145,011 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 61,764 t, 2.3× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 145,011 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 80,000 t, 1.8× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggs Primary — Production in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +28.8% | 55,470 t | 71,457 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,336 t | 30,800 t | 35,888 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 45,222 t | 36,542 t | 60,806 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 67,826 t | 55,470 t | 77,800 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 102,886 t | 79,600 t | 112,076 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 123,558 t | 117,541 t | 132,144 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 134,609 t | 121,038 t | 145,397 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 147,068 t | 141,949 t | 152,426 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.449 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1718 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.9315 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.3789 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggs primary — production in Portugal?
- Eggs primary — production in Portugal was 145,011 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggs primary — production recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 152,426 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest eggs primary — production recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,800 t in 1961.
- How does Portugal rank for eggs primary — production?
- Portugal ranks 50th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggs primary — production rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.