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
207
Highest
625.34 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
Faroe Islands
Median
790,281 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,980

What the numbers show

Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production is currently reported for 207 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 790,281 t, and the mean is 11.06 million t.

Over the past decade 155 countries rose and 50 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
4 Indonesia 146.21 million t 2024 up 406.4% volatile
5 Brazil 64.91 million t 2024 up 44.9% volatile
6 Mexico 61.70 million t 2024 up 27.4% volatile
7 Russian Federation 46.36 million t 2024 up 12.2% rising
8 Japan 41.34 million t 2024 down 0.8% rising
9 Pakistan 25.21 million t 2024 up 73.2% volatile
10 Türkiye 21.16 million t 2024 up 23.4% volatile
11 Colombia 18.02 million t 2024 up 56.3% volatile
12 Argentina 17.43 million t 2024 up 63.8% volatile
13 Bangladesh 16.62 million t 2024 up 133.6% volatile
14 Nigeria 16.45 million t 2024 up 12.2% volatile
15 France 16.37 million t 2023 up 3.9% rising
16 Philippines 16.31 million t 2024 up 88.3% volatile
17 Egypt 16.00 million t 2024 up 33.0% volatile
18 Spain 14.92 million t 2024 up 19.4% rising
19 Republic of Korea 14.68 million t 2024 up 29.1% volatile
20 Germany 14.52 million t 2024 up 14.5% falling
21 Poland 14.42 million t 2024 up 40.6% rising
22 Malaysia 13.96 million t 2024 up 15.1% volatile
23 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.78 million t 2024 up 18.2% falling
24 Viet Nam 13.56 million t 2024 up 64.0% volatile
25 Thailand 13.44 million t 2024 up 14.8% volatile
26 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 13.14 million t 2024 up 15.0% volatile
27 Ukraine 11.53 million t 2024 down 40.5% rising
28 Canada 10.98 million t 2024 up 37.5% rising
29 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 10.90 million t 2017 up 7.1% rising
30 Peru 10.17 million t 2024 up 41.8% volatile
31 Uzbekistan 8.81 million t 2024 up 78.7% volatile
32 China, Taiwan Province of 8.19 million t 2024 up 19.1% volatile
33 United Republic of Tanzania 7.11 million t 2024 up 218.1% volatile
34 Saudi Arabia 6.86 million t 2024 up 38.6% volatile
35 Morocco 6.40 million t 2024 up 10.3% volatile
36 Algeria 6.22 million t 2024 up 2.6% volatile
37 Caribbean 6.00 million t 2024 up 21.4% rising
38 Australia and New Zealand 5.51 million t 2024 up 13.0% rising
39 Romania 5.43 million t 2024 down 15.7% rising
40 Guatemala 5.38 million t 2024 up 6.3% volatile
41 Chile 4.51 million t 2024 up 26.5% volatile
42 USSR 4.48 million t 1991 down 93.6% rising
43 Kazakhstan 4.46 million t 2024 up 4.3% rising
44 Australia 4.38 million t 2024 up 13.4% rising
45 Dominican Republic 3.96 million t 2024 up 129.8% volatile
46 Belarus 3.71 million t 2024 down 2.8% rising
47 Myanmar 3.70 million t 2024 down 62.4% volatile
48 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.43 million t 2024 down 0.7% rising
49 Ecuador 2.83 million t 2024 up 7.7% volatile
50 Syrian Arab Republic 2.72 million t 2024 up 21.4% volatile
51 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.68 million t 2024 up 82.3% volatile
52 Israel 2.66 million t 2024 up 40.6% rising
53 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.57 million t 2024 up 2.7% rising
54 Angola 2.42 million t 2024 up 506.5% volatile
55 Hungary 2.41 million t 2024 down 0.6% falling
56 Belgium 2.37 million t 2024 down 1.6% falling
57 Portugal 2.34 million t 2024 up 23.1% rising
58 Cameroon 2.30 million t 2024 up 84.6% volatile
59 Paraguay 2.28 million t 2024 down 17.2% volatile
60 Côte d'Ivoire 2.27 million t 2024 up 104.7% volatile
61 Sweden 2.11 million t 2024 up 5.5% rising
62 Azerbaijan 2.02 million t 2024 up 28.9% rising
63 Kenya 1.88 million t 2024 up 44.9% volatile
64 Tunisia 1.86 million t 2024 down 8.9% volatile
65 Czechia 1.82 million t 2024 up 40.4% falling
66 Sri Lanka 1.69 million t 2024 down 1.7% volatile
67 Turkmenistan 1.64 million t 2024 up 56.4% volatile
68 Denmark 1.61 million t 2024 up 17.7% falling
69 Nepal 1.60 million t 2024 up 86.5% volatile
70 Greece 1.58 million t 2023 down 12.0% falling
71 Serbia 1.57 million t 2024 down 17.0% rising
72 Yemen 1.55 million t 2024 up 16.5% volatile
73 Finland 1.46 million t 2024 up 37.2% flat
74 Senegal 1.44 million t 2024 up 165.3% volatile
75 Costa Rica 1.38 million t 2024 up 37.4% volatile
76 Ghana 1.37 million t 2024 up 30.2% volatile
77 Libya 1.36 million t 2024 up 25.2% volatile
78 Jordan 1.33 million t 2024 up 60.9% volatile
79 Zambia 1.27 million t 2024 up 6.9% volatile
80 Tajikistan 1.27 million t 2024 up 261.5% volatile
81 Kuwait 1.25 million t 2024 up 18.1% volatile
82 Cuba 1.22 million t 2024 down 52.4% rising
83 Burkina Faso 1.22 million t 2024 up 13.6% volatile
84 El Salvador 1.21 million t 2024 down 7.7% rising
85 Norway 1.19 million t 2024 up 6.9% rising
86 United Arab Emirates 1.17 million t 2024 up 32.4% volatile
87 Switzerland 1.15 million t 2024 up 33.9% rising
88 New Zealand 1.13 million t 2024 up 11.4% rising
89 Lebanon 1.07 million t 2024 up 78.3% rising
90 Ethiopia 1.07 million t 2024 up 10.4% rising
91 Ireland 1.06 million t 2024 up 27.8% rising
92 Zimbabwe 1.04 million t 2024 up 54.4% volatile
93 Iraq 1.04 million t 2024 down 4.1% volatile
94 Uganda 1.02 million t 2024 down 9.2% volatile
95 Bulgaria 1.02 million t 2024 down 15.4% falling
96 Sudan 1.00 million t 2024 up 13.6% rising
97 Oman 977,000 t 2024 up 314.0% volatile
98 Guinea 913,441 t 2024 up 25.4% volatile
99 Honduras 889,655 t 2024 up 1.2% rising
100 Albania 888,129 t 2024 up 6.3% volatile
101 Uruguay 875,000 t 2024 up 9.5% rising
102 Latvia 859,100 t 2024 up 32.7% rising
103 Panama 852,000 t 2024 up 34.1% volatile
104 Kyrgyzstan 790,281 t 2024 up 77.3% rising
105 Singapore 773,492 t 2024 up 66.8% rising
106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 735,307 t 2024 up 4.7% rising
107 Armenia 721,200 t 2024 up 12.4% rising
108 Lithuania 716,700 t 2024 down 7.3% flat
109 Italy 712,500 t 2023 down 94.4% rising
110 Croatia 683,801 t 2024 up 19.5% falling
111 Nicaragua 678,178 t 2023 up 30.3% rising
112 Georgia 673,100 t 2024 up 22.0% rising
113 Slovakia 665,953 t 2024 down 42.7% falling
114 Sudan (former) 633,333 t 2011 up 15.2% rising
115 Republic of Moldova 627,809 t 2024 down 2.5% rising
116 Malawi 565,481 t 2024 up 29.7% rising
117 Togo 526,190 t 2024 up 110.8% volatile
118 Cambodia 482,866 t 2024 down 5.8% volatile
119 Mali 459,630 t 2024 up 5.8% rising
120 Afghanistan 439,354 t 2024 up 18.7% rising
121 Madagascar 420,045 t 2024 up 4.2% rising
122 Palestine 417,000 t 2022 up 4.2% falling
123 Benin 403,917 t 2024 up 76.3% volatile
124 Slovenia 396,441 t 2024 up 10.9% rising
125 Melanesia 362,140 t 2024 up 8.3% volatile
126 Mozambique 355,280 t 2024 up 135.4% volatile
127 Lao People's Democratic Republic 337,728 t 2024 down 10.7% volatile
128 Niger 315,413 t 2024 up 42.1% rising
129 Qatar 281,940 t 2024 up 261.5% volatile
130 Democratic Republic of the Congo 277,000 t 2024 up 5.7% rising
131 Mauritius 260,600 t 2024 up 24.6% volatile
132 Czechoslovakia 260,293 t 1992 down 94.8% rising
133 Sierra Leone 246,378 t 2024 down 1.8% rising
134 Jamaica 240,890 t 2024 up 97.7% falling
135 Mongolia 235,879 t 2024 up 226.9% volatile
136 Belgium-Luxembourg 225,850 t 1999 down 91.7% volatile
137 Montenegro 224,736 t 2024 up 162.8% rising
138 Rwanda 221,552 t 2024 up 11.2% volatile
139 Yugoslav SFR 208,547 t 1991 down 95.3% rising
140 Brunei Darussalam 190,829 t 2024 up 46.1% volatile
141 Estonia 189,504 t 2024 down 1.5% falling
142 Puerto Rico 187,113 t 2024 down 11.7% falling
143 Fiji 171,000 t 2024 up 20.2% volatile
144 Mauritania 157,405 t 2024 up 10.3% rising
145 North Macedonia 151,087 t 2024 down 39.1% falling
146 Cyprus 150,752 t 2020 down 3.7% rising
147 Austria 140,736 t 2023 down 91.9% falling
148 Liberia 121,708 t 2024 up 1.4% rising
149 Papua New Guinea 117,866 t 2024 down 1.6% rising
150 Bahrain 114,238 t 2024 up 108.4% volatile
151 Haiti 103,750 t 2024 up 2.7% rising
152 Bhutan 98,173 t 2024 up 67.2% volatile
153 Malta 95,886 t 2021 up 73.1% rising
154 Suriname 92,573 t 2024 up 74.9% rising
155 Chad 90,000 t 2024 up 2.3% rising
156 Iceland 83,333 t 2024 up 38.2% rising
157 Ethiopia PDR 79,350 t 1992 down 95.7% falling
158 Serbia and Montenegro 76,598 t 2005 down 15.1% falling
159 Trinidad and Tobago 75,995 t 2024 up 38.3% falling
160 Botswana 73,889 t 2024 down 21.2% volatile
161 Polynesia 72,265 t 2024 up 0.4% volatile
162 Somalia 68,441 t 2024 up 16.0% rising
163 Namibia 65,243 t 2024 down 23.2% volatile
164 Burundi 64,808 t 2024 up 4.8% rising
165 Belize 63,144 t 2024 up 28.7% volatile
166 Grenada 60,000 t 2024 up 114.3% volatile
167 Barbados 59,619 t 2024 up 23.5% volatile
168 Gabon 56,250 t 2024 up 45.6% volatile
169 French Polynesia 55,844 t 2024 up 0.1% volatile
170 Eritrea 55,071 t 2024 up 23.1% falling
171 Cabo Verde 49,354 t 2024 up 16.9% volatile
172 Guyana 47,003 t 2024 up 104.6% volatile
173 Congo 46,051 t 2024 up 10.8% rising
174 New Caledonia 43,500 t 2024 up 9.2% rising
175 Martinique 41,178 t 2006 up 37.3% rising
176 Seychelles 40,547 t 2024 up 57.2% volatile
177 Luxembourg 36,167 t 2024 up 18.8% rising
178 Guinea-Bissau 34,111 t 2024 up 16.0% volatile
179 Guadeloupe 33,350 t 2006 up 9.8% volatile
180 Timor-Leste 28,000 t 2024 up 4.5% rising
181 Eswatini 26,750 t 2024 up 2.9% volatile
182 Lesotho 24,633 t 2024 down 27.6% volatile
183 Bahamas 22,319 t 2024 up 5.2% rising
184 Saint Lucia 22,057 t 2024 up 39.5% rising
185 Comoros 22,024 t 2024 down 13.6% rising
186 Gambia 20,032 t 2024 up 2.2% rising
187 Dominica 17,586 t 2024 up 1.0% volatile
188 Vanuatu 16,060 t 2024 down 8.2% volatile
189 Solomon Islands 13,715 t 2024 down 8.0% rising
190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12,676 t 2024 down 6.5% rising
191 Antigua and Barbuda 9,901 t 2024 down 3.8% volatile
192 Micronesia 9,552 t 2024 up 7.6% volatile
193 China, Macao SAR 8,500 t 2024 down 5.1% rising
194 Samoa 8,414 t 2024 up 0.8% rising
195 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6,667 t 2024 up 46.0% flat
196 Equatorial Guinea 6,455 t 2024 down 19.3% rising
197 Tonga 6,100 t 2024 up 0.6% rising
198 Kiribati 5,472 t 2024 up 3.2% rising
199 Sao Tome and Principe 4,448 t 2024 down 69.1% volatile
200 Micronesia (Federated States of) 3,900 t 2024 up 14.7% flat
201 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,827 t 2024 down 55.0% volatile
202 Cook Islands 900 t 2024 up 28.6% volatile
203 French Guiana 570 t 2006 up 29.5% volatile
204 Tuvalu 487 t 2024 up 1.5% rising
205 Niue 350 t 2024 down 12.5% falling
206 Nauru 180 t 2024 unchanged falling
207 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.

About this data

Indicator
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,980 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.