Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Laying in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Laying was 40,045 1000 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Laying in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 40,045 1000 An for hen eggs in shell, fresh — laying in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hen eggs in shell, fresh — laying in Southern Africa peaked at 49,466 1000 An in 2014 and was at its lowest, 6,912 1000 An, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 25th of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,830 1000 An | 6,912 1000 An | 13,651 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,877 1000 An | 11,654 1000 An | 16,036 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,650 1000 An | 17,099 1000 An | 19,243 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,157 1000 An | 17,718 1000 An | 29,167 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,044 1000 An | 28,098 1000 An | 45,405 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,430 1000 An | 37,861 1000 An | 49,466 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,098 1000 An | 39,974 1000 An | 40,277 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 55,401 1000 An compare
- 23 Germany 51,400 1000 An compare
- 24 Spain 50,747 1000 An compare
- 25 Egypt 45,000 1000 An compare
- 26 China, Taiwan Province of 44,441 1000 An compare
- 27 Italy 43,279 1000 An compare
- 28 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 40,470 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
- Tomatoes — Production 528,091 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 4,427 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.93 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 374,875 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 11,393 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,906 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 461,288 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 1.50 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 9,790 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is hen eggs in shell, fresh — laying in Southern Africa?
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — laying in Southern Africa was 40,045 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest hen eggs in shell, fresh — laying recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 49,466 1000 An in 2014.
- What is the lowest hen eggs in shell, fresh — laying recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,912 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for hen eggs in shell, fresh — laying?
- Southern Africa ranks 25th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is hen eggs in shell, fresh — laying rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Laying. 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.