Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production by country
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...
Countries reporting
210
Highest
625.34 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
Faroe Islands
Median
781,886 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,980
What the numbers show
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 625.34 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Faroe Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 781,886 t, and the mean is 10.94 million t.
Over the past decade 157 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Angola (up 506.5%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia PDR (down 95.7%).
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 625.34 million t | 2024 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 617.14 million t | 2024 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 147.31 million t | 2024 | up 97.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | 21.16 million t | 2024 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Indonesia | 146.21 million t | 2024 | up 406.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 13.56 million t | 2024 | up 64.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 64.91 million t | 2024 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 13.14 million t | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Mexico | 61.70 million t | 2024 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 46.36 million t | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 7.11 million t | 2024 | up 218.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Japan | 41.34 million t | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 25.21 million t | 2024 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.43 million t | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 10 | Colombia | 18.02 million t | 2024 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.72 million t | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Argentina | 17.43 million t | 2024 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.68 million t | 2024 | up 82.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 16.62 million t | 2024 | up 133.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2.57 million t | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 13 | Nigeria | 16.45 million t | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Republic of Moldova | 627,809 t | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 14 | France | 16.37 million t | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 14 | Melanesia | 362,140 t | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Philippines | 16.31 million t | 2024 | up 88.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 337,728 t | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Egypt | 16.00 million t | 2024 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 277,000 t | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 17 | Spain | 14.92 million t | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 17 | Polynesia | 72,265 t | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Republic of Korea | 14.68 million t | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Timor-Leste | 28,000 t | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 19 | Germany | 14.52 million t | 2024 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 19 | Micronesia | 9,552 t | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Poland | 14.42 million t | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 3,900 t | 2024 | up 14.7% | flat |
| 21 | Malaysia | 13.96 million t | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13.78 million t | 2024 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 23 | Thailand | 13.44 million t | 2024 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Ukraine | 11.53 million t | 2024 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 25 | Canada | 10.98 million t | 2024 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 26 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 10.90 million t | 2017 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 26 | Caribbean | 6.00 million t | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 27 | Peru | 10.17 million t | 2024 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 8.81 million t | 2024 | up 78.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.27 million t | 2024 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 29 | China, Taiwan Province of | 8.19 million t | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 49,354 t | 2024 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 30 | South Africa | 8.17 million t | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 6.86 million t | 2024 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Morocco | 6.40 million t | 2024 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Algeria | 6.22 million t | 2024 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Australia and New Zealand | 5.51 million t | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 5.43 million t | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 36 | Guatemala | 5.38 million t | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Chile | 4.51 million t | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 38 | USSR | 4.48 million t | 1991 | down 93.6% | rising |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 4.46 million t | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 40 | Australia | 4.38 million t | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 41 | Dominican Republic | 3.96 million t | 2024 | up 129.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Belarus | 3.71 million t | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 43 | Myanmar | 3.70 million t | 2024 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Ecuador | 2.83 million t | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Israel | 2.66 million t | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 46 | Angola | 2.42 million t | 2024 | up 506.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Hungary | 2.41 million t | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 48 | Belgium | 2.37 million t | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 49 | Portugal | 2.34 million t | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 50 | Cameroon | 2.30 million t | 2024 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Paraguay | 2.28 million t | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Sweden | 2.11 million t | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 2.02 million t | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 54 | Kenya | 1.88 million t | 2024 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Tunisia | 1.86 million t | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Czechia | 1.82 million t | 2024 | up 40.4% | falling |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 1.69 million t | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Turkmenistan | 1.64 million t | 2024 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Denmark | 1.61 million t | 2024 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 60 | Nepal | 1.60 million t | 2024 | up 86.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Greece | 1.58 million t | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 62 | Serbia | 1.57 million t | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 63 | Yemen | 1.55 million t | 2024 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Finland | 1.46 million t | 2024 | up 37.2% | flat |
| 65 | Senegal | 1.44 million t | 2024 | up 165.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 1.38 million t | 2024 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Ghana | 1.37 million t | 2024 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Libya | 1.36 million t | 2024 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Jordan | 1.33 million t | 2024 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Zambia | 1.27 million t | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Tajikistan | 1.27 million t | 2024 | up 261.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Kuwait | 1.25 million t | 2024 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Cuba | 1.22 million t | 2024 | down 52.4% | rising |
| 74 | Burkina Faso | 1.22 million t | 2024 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 75 | El Salvador | 1.21 million t | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 76 | Norway | 1.19 million t | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 77 | United Arab Emirates | 1.17 million t | 2024 | up 32.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Switzerland | 1.15 million t | 2024 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 79 | New Zealand | 1.13 million t | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 80 | Lebanon | 1.07 million t | 2024 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 81 | Ethiopia | 1.07 million t | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 82 | Ireland | 1.06 million t | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 83 | Zimbabwe | 1.04 million t | 2024 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Iraq | 1.04 million t | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Uganda | 1.02 million t | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 1.02 million t | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 87 | Sudan | 1.00 million t | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 88 | Oman | 977,000 t | 2024 | up 314.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Guinea | 913,441 t | 2024 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Honduras | 889,655 t | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 91 | Albania | 888,129 t | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Uruguay | 875,000 t | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 93 | Latvia | 859,100 t | 2024 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 94 | Panama | 852,000 t | 2024 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan | 790,281 t | 2024 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 96 | Singapore | 773,492 t | 2024 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 735,307 t | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 98 | Armenia | 721,200 t | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 99 | Lithuania | 716,700 t | 2024 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 100 | Italy | 712,500 t | 2023 | down 94.4% | rising |
| 101 | Croatia | 683,801 t | 2024 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 102 | Nicaragua | 678,178 t | 2023 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 103 | Georgia | 673,100 t | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 104 | Slovakia | 665,953 t | 2024 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 105 | Sudan (former) | 633,333 t | 2011 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 106 | Malawi | 565,481 t | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 107 | Togo | 526,190 t | 2024 | up 110.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Cambodia | 482,866 t | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Mali | 459,630 t | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 110 | Afghanistan | 439,354 t | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 111 | Madagascar | 420,045 t | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 112 | Palestine | 417,000 t | 2022 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 113 | Benin | 403,917 t | 2024 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Slovenia | 396,441 t | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 115 | Mozambique | 355,280 t | 2024 | up 135.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Niger | 315,413 t | 2024 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 117 | Qatar | 281,940 t | 2024 | up 261.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Mauritius | 260,600 t | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Czechoslovakia | 260,293 t | 1992 | down 94.8% | rising |
| 120 | Sierra Leone | 246,378 t | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 121 | Jamaica | 240,890 t | 2024 | up 97.7% | falling |
| 122 | Mongolia | 235,879 t | 2024 | up 226.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 225,850 t | 1999 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Montenegro | 224,736 t | 2024 | up 162.8% | rising |
| 125 | Rwanda | 221,552 t | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Yugoslav SFR | 208,547 t | 1991 | down 95.3% | rising |
| 127 | Brunei Darussalam | 190,829 t | 2024 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Estonia | 189,504 t | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 187,113 t | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 130 | Fiji | 171,000 t | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Mauritania | 157,405 t | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 132 | North Macedonia | 151,087 t | 2024 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 133 | Cyprus | 150,752 t | 2020 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 134 | Austria | 140,736 t | 2023 | down 91.9% | falling |
| 135 | Liberia | 121,708 t | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 136 | Papua New Guinea | 117,866 t | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 137 | Bahrain | 114,238 t | 2024 | up 108.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Haiti | 103,750 t | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 139 | Bhutan | 98,173 t | 2024 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Malta | 95,886 t | 2021 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 141 | Suriname | 92,573 t | 2024 | up 74.9% | rising |
| 142 | Chad | 90,000 t | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 143 | Iceland | 83,333 t | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 144 | Ethiopia PDR | 79,350 t | 1992 | down 95.7% | falling |
| 145 | Serbia and Montenegro | 76,598 t | 2005 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 75,995 t | 2024 | up 38.3% | falling |
| 147 | Botswana | 73,889 t | 2024 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Somalia | 68,441 t | 2024 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 149 | Central African Republic | 66,137 t | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 150 | Namibia | 65,243 t | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Burundi | 64,808 t | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 152 | Belize | 63,144 t | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Grenada | 60,000 t | 2024 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Barbados | 59,619 t | 2024 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Gabon | 56,250 t | 2024 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 156 | French Polynesia | 55,844 t | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Eritrea | 55,071 t | 2024 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 158 | Guyana | 47,003 t | 2024 | up 104.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Congo | 46,051 t | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 160 | New Caledonia | 43,500 t | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 161 | Martinique | 41,178 t | 2006 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 162 | Seychelles | 40,547 t | 2024 | up 57.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Luxembourg | 36,167 t | 2024 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau | 34,111 t | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Guadeloupe | 33,350 t | 2006 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Eswatini | 26,750 t | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Lesotho | 24,633 t | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Bahamas | 22,319 t | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 169 | Saint Lucia | 22,057 t | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 170 | Comoros | 22,024 t | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 171 | Gambia | 20,032 t | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 172 | Dominica | 17,586 t | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Vanuatu | 16,060 t | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Solomon Islands | 13,715 t | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 175 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12,676 t | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 176 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9,901 t | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 177 | China, Macao SAR | 8,500 t | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 178 | Samoa | 8,414 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 179 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6,667 t | 2024 | up 46.0% | flat |
| 180 | Equatorial Guinea | 6,455 t | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 181 | Tonga | 6,100 t | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 181 | Réunion | 6,100 t | 2006 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Kiribati | 5,472 t | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 184 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4,448 t | 2024 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 185 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2,827 t | 2024 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Cook Islands | 900 t | 2024 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 187 | French Guiana | 570 t | 2006 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Tuvalu | 487 t | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 189 | Niue | 350 t | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 190 | Nauru | 180 t | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 191 | Faroe Islands | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.78 billion t
- Asia 1.16 billion t
- Eastern Asia 684.16 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 46.88 million t
- Americas 324.92 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 208.98 million t
- Southern Asia 206.12 million t
- Europe 194.25 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 7.86 million t
- South America 127.29 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 125.75 million t
- Middle Africa 5.27 million t
- Northern America 119.50 million t
- European Union (27) 112.42 million t
- United States of America 108.52 million t
- Eastern Europe 87.99 million t
- Africa 87.94 million t
- Central America 72.14 million t
- Western Europe 46.91 million t
- Western Asia 46.06 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 44.07 million t
- Southern Europe 36.29 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 35.69 million t
- Northern Africa 32.84 million t
- Western Africa 26.01 million t
- Northern Europe 23.05 million t
- Central Asia 16.97 million t
- Eastern Africa 15.46 million t
- Southern Africa 8.36 million t
- Oceania 5.95 million t
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.