Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight 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...
What the numbers show
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 21,739 g/An in Iceland; the lowest is 1,198 g/An in Benin.
The median across all reporting countries is 9,223 g/An, and the mean is 9,839 g/An.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 129 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Indonesia (up 223.8%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 53.1%).
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 21,739 g/An | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 1 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 17,607 g/An | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 2 | Martinique | 21,705 g/An | 2006 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 14,938 g/An | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 3 | Cyprus | 21,411 g/An | 2017 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 12,119 g/An | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 21,199 g/An | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 5 | Latvia | 20,819 g/An | 2017 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Moldova | 11,135 g/An | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 6 | Estonia | 20,345 g/An | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 10,466 g/An | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 7 | Oman | 20,040 g/An | 2024 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 8 | Uruguay | 19,885 g/An | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 8 | Polynesia | 9,194 g/An | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 9 | Finland | 19,797 g/An | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 8,096 g/An | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 10 | Austria | 19,723 g/An | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 7,865 g/An | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 11 | Jordan | 19,545 g/An | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 11 | United Republic of Tanzania | 7,328 g/An | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 12 | Germany | 19,406 g/An | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 12 | Côte d'Ivoire | 13,200 g/An | 2024 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Melanesia | 6,508 g/An | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 13 | Portugal | 19,309 g/An | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 13 | Caribbean | 13,097 g/An | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 5,599 g/An | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 14 | Japan | 19,122 g/An | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 5,510 g/An | 2024 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 15 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 18,737 g/An | 1999 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 15 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4,995 g/An | 2024 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 16 | Argentina | 18,666 g/An | 2024 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 17 | Peru | 18,310 g/An | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 18 | Chile | 18,295 g/An | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,412 g/An | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 18,259 g/An | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 19 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2,576 g/An | 2024 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 20 | Switzerland | 18,056 g/An | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 20 | Micronesia | 2,524 g/An | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 21 | Morocco | 17,885 g/An | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Canada | 17,770 g/An | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 23 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17,649 g/An | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 24 | Spain | 17,422 g/An | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 25 | New Caledonia | 17,174 g/An | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 25 | Cabo Verde | 7,017 g/An | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 26 | New Zealand | 16,758 g/An | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 27 | Italy | 16,463 g/An | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 28 | Norway | 16,288 g/An | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 29 | Georgia | 16,284 g/An | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 30 | Malta | 16,130 g/An | 2019 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 16,025 g/An | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 32 | Israel | 15,894 g/An | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 33 | Indonesia | 15,863 g/An | 2024 | up 223.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Panama | 15,661 g/An | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 15,660 g/An | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 36 | Czechia | 15,349 g/An | 2017 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 37 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 15,198 g/An | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 38 | Australia and New Zealand | 15,190 g/An | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 15,140 g/An | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 40 | Fiji | 15,000 g/An | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Qatar | 14,997 g/An | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 42 | Armenia | 14,947 g/An | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 43 | Australia | 14,833 g/An | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 44 | Colombia | 14,720 g/An | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 45 | Mexico | 14,666 g/An | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 46 | Tajikistan | 14,568 g/An | 2024 | up 123.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Palestine | 14,550 g/An | 2022 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 48 | France | 14,294 g/An | 2017 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 49 | Egypt | 14,222 g/An | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 50 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 13,845 g/An | 2017 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 51 | Algeria | 13,744 g/An | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 52 | French Polynesia | 13,628 g/An | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 53 | Kazakhstan | 13,618 g/An | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 54 | Guatemala | 13,509 g/An | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 55 | Brazil | 13,334 g/An | 2024 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 56 | Slovenia | 13,251 g/An | 2019 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 57 | Lithuania | 13,179 g/An | 2019 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 13,092 g/An | 2017 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 59 | Jamaica | 13,087 g/An | 2024 | up 131.8% | rising |
| 60 | Slovakia | 12,915 g/An | 2019 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 12,887 g/An | 2024 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 62 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12,654 g/An | 2024 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 63 | Bahrain | 12,439 g/An | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 64 | United Arab Emirates | 12,429 g/An | 2024 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 65 | Guadeloupe | 12,200 g/An | 2006 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 66 | Denmark | 12,192 g/An | 2020 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 67 | Lebanon | 12,159 g/An | 2024 | up 17.5% | flat |
| 68 | Réunion | 12,008 g/An | 2006 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 69 | India | 12,003 g/An | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 11,943 g/An | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 71 | Hungary | 11,853 g/An | 2017 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 71 | Poland | 11,853 g/An | 2017 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 73 | Saudi Arabia | 11,752 g/An | 2024 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 74 | USSR | 11,630 g/An | 1991 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 75 | Ireland | 11,500 g/An | 2017 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 76 | Honduras | 11,467 g/An | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 77 | Paraguay | 11,416 g/An | 2024 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 78 | South Africa | 11,376 g/An | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 79 | Czechoslovakia | 11,298 g/An | 1992 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 80 | Greece | 11,229 g/An | 2017 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 81 | Dominica | 11,194 g/An | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 82 | Montenegro | 11,059 g/An | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 83 | Singapore | 11,055 g/An | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 84 | Croatia | 10,937 g/An | 2017 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 85 | Seychelles | 10,805 g/An | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 86 | Iraq | 10,770 g/An | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 10,514 g/An | 2024 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 88 | Ecuador | 10,483 g/An | 2024 | down 45.9% | rising |
| 89 | Belgium | 10,420 g/An | 2017 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 90 | Albania | 10,330 g/An | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 91 | Belarus | 10,271 g/An | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 92 | Republic of Korea | 10,217 g/An | 2024 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 93 | Cuba | 10,137 g/An | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 94 | Serbia | 9,903 g/An | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 95 | El Salvador | 9,604 g/An | 2024 | down 27.1% | flat |
| 96 | Mauritius | 9,553 g/An | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 97 | Pakistan | 9,270 g/An | 2024 | down 30.9% | rising |
| 98 | Sweden | 9,223 g/An | 2023 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 99 | China, Taiwan Province of | 9,215 g/An | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 100 | China | 9,193 g/An | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 100 | China, mainland | 9,193 g/An | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 102 | Grenada | 9,091 g/An | 2024 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 103 | Brunei Darussalam | 9,087 g/An | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 104 | Haiti | 8,723 g/An | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 105 | Puerto Rico | 8,699 g/An | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 8,512 g/An | 2024 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 107 | Ukraine | 8,368 g/An | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 108 | Kuwait | 8,180 g/An | 2024 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 109 | Yemen | 7,953 g/An | 2024 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 7,919 g/An | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 111 | Romania | 7,843 g/An | 2019 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 112 | Mongolia | 7,614 g/An | 2024 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 113 | Bahamas | 7,576 g/An | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 114 | Thailand | 7,566 g/An | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 115 | Malaysia | 7,562 g/An | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 116 | Libya | 7,516 g/An | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 117 | North Macedonia | 7,216 g/An | 2024 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 118 | Cameroon | 6,948 g/An | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,681 g/An | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 120 | Eswatini | 6,622 g/An | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 121 | French Guiana | 6,333 g/An | 2006 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 122 | Serbia and Montenegro | 6,304 g/An | 2005 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 123 | Sudan | 6,153 g/An | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 124 | Togo | 6,057 g/An | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 125 | Cook Islands | 6,000 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 126 | Nepal | 5,942 g/An | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 127 | Zambia | 5,865 g/An | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 128 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,814 g/An | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 129 | Rwanda | 5,705 g/An | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 130 | Myanmar | 5,650 g/An | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 131 | Philippines | 5,523 g/An | 2024 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 132 | Yugoslav SFR | 5,511 g/An | 1991 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 133 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5,455 g/An | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 134 | Sudan (former) | 5,429 g/An | 2011 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 135 | Comoros | 5,388 g/An | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 136 | Bhutan | 5,329 g/An | 2024 | up 73.8% | rising |
| 137 | Samoa | 5,247 g/An | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 138 | Liberia | 5,180 g/An | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 139 | Uganda | 5,173 g/An | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 140 | Botswana | 5,098 g/An | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 141 | Lesotho | 5,073 g/An | 2024 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 142 | Niue | 4,902 g/An | 2024 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 143 | Guyana | 4,867 g/An | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 144 | Nigeria | 4,808 g/An | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 145 | Zimbabwe | 4,799 g/An | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 146 | Ethiopia | 4,686 g/An | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 147 | Equatorial Guinea | 4,610 g/An | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 148 | Mozambique | 4,595 g/An | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 149 | Madagascar | 4,535 g/An | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Belize | 4,465 g/An | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 4,460 g/An | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 152 | Malawi | 4,442 g/An | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 4,383 g/An | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 154 | Burkina Faso | 4,267 g/An | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 155 | Suriname | 4,185 g/An | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 4,160 g/An | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 157 | Kenya | 4,126 g/An | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 158 | Nauru | 4,000 g/An | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,928 g/An | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 160 | Guinea | 3,910 g/An | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 161 | Bangladesh | 3,887 g/An | 2024 | up 113.7% | rising |
| 161 | China, Macao SAR | 3,887 g/An | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 163 | Central African Republic | 3,878 g/An | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 164 | Gambia | 3,863 g/An | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 165 | Eritrea | 3,813 g/An | 2024 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 166 | Gabon | 3,781 g/An | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 167 | Cambodia | 3,744 g/An | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3,699 g/An | 2024 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 169 | Tunisia | 3,685 g/An | 2024 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 170 | Angola | 3,614 g/An | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 171 | Senegal | 3,437 g/An | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 171 | Chad | 3,437 g/An | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 173 | Burundi | 3,385 g/An | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 174 | Somalia | 3,266 g/An | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 175 | Mauritania | 3,220 g/An | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 176 | Namibia | 3,194 g/An | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | 3,066 g/An | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 178 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2,942 g/An | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 179 | Congo | 2,841 g/An | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 180 | Niger | 2,757 g/An | 2024 | up 20.6% | flat |
| 181 | Barbados | 2,718 g/An | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 182 | Ghana | 2,662 g/An | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 183 | Mali | 2,513 g/An | 2024 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 184 | Kiribati | 2,445 g/An | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 185 | Sierra Leone | 2,306 g/An | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 186 | Ethiopia PDR | 2,300 g/An | 1992 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Afghanistan | 2,120 g/An | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 188 | Tonga | 1,835 g/An | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 1,820 g/An | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 190 | Benin | 1,198 g/An | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern America 17,310 g/An
- United States of America 17,264 g/An
- Western Europe 16,128 g/An
- Southern Europe 15,694 g/An
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 11,578 g/An
- Americas 15,195 g/An
- European Union (27) 14,795 g/An
- Central America 14,353 g/An
- Asia 9,919 g/An
- Northern Europe 14,257 g/An
- Europe 14,197 g/An
- South America 14,053 g/An
- Oceania 13,977 g/An
- Eastern Europe 12,755 g/An
- Central Asia 12,363 g/An
- Western Asia 11,893 g/An
- Middle Africa 4,393 g/An
- Northern Africa 11,604 g/An
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4,347 g/An
- Southern Africa 11,034 g/An
- World 10,837 g/An
- South-Eastern Asia 10,597 g/An
- Southern Asia 9,930 g/An
- Eastern Asia 9,565 g/An
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 7,722 g/An
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 7,065 g/An
- Africa 6,673 g/An
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 6,243 g/An
- Eastern Africa 5,724 g/An
- Western Africa 4,339 g/An
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.