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...

Countries reporting
206
Highest
21,739 g/An
Iceland
Lowest
1,198 g/An
Benin
Median
9,219 g/An
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,701

What the numbers show

Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight is currently reported for 206 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 9,219 g/An, and the mean is 9,850 g/An.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 126 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 21,739 g/An 2024 up 31.6% rising
2 Martinique 21,705 g/An 2006 up 40.2% rising
3 Cyprus 21,411 g/An 2017 up 29.1% rising
4 Costa Rica 21,199 g/An 2024 up 15.7% rising
5 Latvia 20,819 g/An 2017 up 12.4% rising
6 Estonia 20,345 g/An 2024 down 0.0% rising
7 Oman 20,040 g/An 2024 up 32.8% rising
8 Uruguay 19,885 g/An 2024 down 1.8% rising
9 Finland 19,797 g/An 2024 up 7.5% rising
10 Austria 19,723 g/An 2023 up 18.3% rising
11 Jordan 19,545 g/An 2024 up 27.4% rising
12 Germany 19,406 g/An 2024 up 9.1% rising
13 Portugal 19,309 g/An 2024 down 4.8% rising
14 Japan 19,122 g/An 2024 up 2.0% rising
15 Belgium-Luxembourg 18,737 g/An 1999 up 5.5% rising
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
19 Luxembourg 18,259 g/An 2023 down 5.6% flat
20 Switzerland 18,056 g/An 2024 down 7.1% rising
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 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 17,607 g/An 2024 up 1.9% rising
25 Spain 17,422 g/An 2024 up 2.9% rising
26 New Caledonia 17,174 g/An 2024 up 13.5% rising
27 New Zealand 16,758 g/An 2024 up 7.1% rising
28 Italy 16,463 g/An 2023 up 27.5% rising
29 Norway 16,288 g/An 2024 up 2.8% falling
30 Georgia 16,284 g/An 2024 up 12.8% rising
31 Malta 16,130 g/An 2019 down 11.2% rising
32 Russian Federation 16,025 g/An 2024 up 22.1% rising
33 Israel 15,894 g/An 2024 up 15.1% rising
34 Indonesia 15,863 g/An 2024 up 223.8% volatile
35 Panama 15,661 g/An 2024 up 13.6% rising
36 Dominican Republic 15,660 g/An 2024 up 11.6% rising
37 Czechia 15,349 g/An 2017 up 4.1% rising
38 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15,198 g/An 2024 up 5.0% falling
39 Australia and New Zealand 15,190 g/An 2024 down 0.1% rising
40 Sri Lanka 15,140 g/An 2024 up 10.8% rising
41 Fiji 15,000 g/An 2024 down 8.4% volatile
42 Qatar 14,997 g/An 2024 up 29.6% rising
43 Armenia 14,947 g/An 2024 up 6.1% rising
44 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14,938 g/An 2024 up 14.7% rising
45 Australia 14,833 g/An 2024 down 1.8% rising
46 Colombia 14,720 g/An 2024 down 8.1% rising
47 Mexico 14,666 g/An 2024 up 10.5% rising
48 Tajikistan 14,568 g/An 2024 up 123.8% volatile
49 Palestine 14,550 g/An 2022 up 9.1% falling
50 France 14,294 g/An 2017 down 20.2% rising
51 Egypt 14,222 g/An 2024 down 4.2% rising
52 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 13,845 g/An 2017 down 29.9% rising
53 Algeria 13,744 g/An 2024 up 2.8% volatile
54 French Polynesia 13,628 g/An 2024 down 9.1% rising
55 Kazakhstan 13,618 g/An 2024 up 21.2% rising
56 Guatemala 13,509 g/An 2024 down 0.4% rising
57 Brazil 13,334 g/An 2024 up 67.1% rising
58 Slovenia 13,251 g/An 2019 down 4.4% rising
59 Côte d'Ivoire 13,200 g/An 2024 up 71.6% volatile
60 Lithuania 13,179 g/An 2019 up 0.8% falling
61 Caribbean 13,097 g/An 2024 up 21.6% rising
62 Bulgaria 13,092 g/An 2017 up 11.1% rising
63 Jamaica 13,087 g/An 2024 up 131.8% rising
64 Slovakia 12,915 g/An 2019 up 1.7% rising
65 Uzbekistan 12,887 g/An 2024 up 42.4% rising
66 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12,654 g/An 2024 up 18.9% rising
67 Bahrain 12,439 g/An 2024 up 15.8% rising
68 United Arab Emirates 12,429 g/An 2024 down 35.5% rising
69 Guadeloupe 12,200 g/An 2006 down 0.1% rising
70 Denmark 12,192 g/An 2020 down 37.7% rising
71 Lebanon 12,159 g/An 2024 up 17.5% flat
72 Türkiye 12,119 g/An 2024 up 6.0% rising
73 India 12,003 g/An 2024 down 5.2% rising
74 Saint Lucia 11,943 g/An 2024 up 5.2% rising
75 Hungary 11,853 g/An 2017 up 11.2% rising
75 Poland 11,853 g/An 2017 up 7.3% rising
77 Saudi Arabia 11,752 g/An 2024 down 14.5% rising
78 USSR 11,630 g/An 1991 up 8.2% rising
79 Ireland 11,500 g/An 2017 up 26.2% rising
80 Honduras 11,467 g/An 2024 up 22.6% rising
81 Paraguay 11,416 g/An 2024 down 17.3% rising
82 Czechoslovakia 11,298 g/An 1992 down 4.0% flat
83 Greece 11,229 g/An 2017 up 50.3% rising
84 Dominica 11,194 g/An 2024 down 0.7% rising
85 Republic of Moldova 11,135 g/An 2024 down 3.8% flat
86 Montenegro 11,059 g/An 2024 up 29.7% rising
87 Singapore 11,055 g/An 2024 up 2.2% rising
88 Croatia 10,937 g/An 2017 up 25.4% rising
89 Seychelles 10,805 g/An 2024 down 13.8% rising
90 Iraq 10,770 g/An 2024 down 0.3% rising
91 Turkmenistan 10,514 g/An 2024 down 19.5% rising
92 Ecuador 10,483 g/An 2024 down 45.9% rising
93 Syrian Arab Republic 10,466 g/An 2024 up 2.1% rising
94 Belgium 10,420 g/An 2017 down 28.8% falling
95 Albania 10,330 g/An 2024 up 6.6% rising
96 Belarus 10,271 g/An 2024 down 3.9% falling
97 Republic of Korea 10,217 g/An 2024 up 10.6% flat
98 Cuba 10,137 g/An 2024 down 0.3% flat
99 Serbia 9,903 g/An 2024 up 20.3% rising
100 El Salvador 9,604 g/An 2024 down 27.1% flat
101 Mauritius 9,553 g/An 2024 down 0.3% rising
102 Pakistan 9,270 g/An 2024 down 30.9% rising
103 Sweden 9,223 g/An 2023 down 50.9% falling
104 China, Taiwan Province of 9,215 g/An 2024 down 7.3% rising
105 Polynesia 9,194 g/An 2024 down 1.8% rising
106 China 9,193 g/An 2024 up 0.8% rising
106 China, mainland 9,193 g/An 2024 up 0.9% rising
108 Grenada 9,091 g/An 2024 up 7.0% flat
109 Brunei Darussalam 9,087 g/An 2024 up 23.8% rising
110 Haiti 8,723 g/An 2024 up 11.3% rising
111 Puerto Rico 8,699 g/An 2024 down 18.6% falling
112 Azerbaijan 8,512 g/An 2024 up 34.2% rising
113 Ukraine 8,368 g/An 2024 down 21.6% falling
114 Kuwait 8,180 g/An 2024 down 53.1% falling
115 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 8,096 g/An 2024 down 6.6% rising
116 Yemen 7,953 g/An 2024 up 24.8% rising
117 Nicaragua 7,919 g/An 2023 down 2.0% falling
118 Timor-Leste 7,865 g/An 2024 up 2.9% flat
119 Romania 7,843 g/An 2019 up 18.8% rising
120 Mongolia 7,614 g/An 2024 up 37.4% rising
121 Bahamas 7,576 g/An 2024 up 1.2% falling
122 Thailand 7,566 g/An 2024 down 4.9% rising
123 Malaysia 7,562 g/An 2024 down 7.5% rising
124 Libya 7,516 g/An 2024 up 6.5% rising
125 United Republic of Tanzania 7,328 g/An 2024 up 12.7% rising
126 North Macedonia 7,216 g/An 2024 down 16.4% flat
127 Cabo Verde 7,017 g/An 2024 down 1.7% rising
128 Cameroon 6,948 g/An 2024 up 22.1% rising
129 Kyrgyzstan 6,681 g/An 2024 up 1.9% falling
130 Eswatini 6,622 g/An 2024 up 16.1% rising
131 Melanesia 6,508 g/An 2024 up 1.7% rising
132 French Guiana 6,333 g/An 2006 up 5.1% falling
133 Serbia and Montenegro 6,304 g/An 2005 up 16.7% rising
134 Sudan 6,153 g/An 2024 up 10.4% rising
135 Togo 6,057 g/An 2024 up 8.6% rising
136 Cook Islands 6,000 g/An 2024 unchanged rising
137 Nepal 5,942 g/An 2024 up 15.4% rising
138 Zambia 5,865 g/An 2024 down 0.5% rising
139 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,814 g/An 2024 up 5.0% rising
140 Rwanda 5,705 g/An 2024 up 12.4% rising
141 Myanmar 5,650 g/An 2024 down 4.2% rising
142 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5,599 g/An 2024 down 1.2% rising
143 Philippines 5,523 g/An 2024 up 12.9% flat
144 Yugoslav SFR 5,511 g/An 1991 down 13.2% rising
145 Viet Nam 5,510 g/An 2024 down 26.8% rising
146 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5,455 g/An 2024 down 2.6% falling
147 Sudan (former) 5,429 g/An 2011 up 6.9% falling
148 Comoros 5,388 g/An 2024 up 3.8% rising
149 Bhutan 5,329 g/An 2024 up 73.8% rising
150 Samoa 5,247 g/An 2024 down 12.9% rising
151 Liberia 5,180 g/An 2024 down 5.1% flat
152 Uganda 5,173 g/An 2024 up 1.3% rising
153 Botswana 5,098 g/An 2024 down 3.7% rising
154 Lesotho 5,073 g/An 2024 down 21.9% rising
155 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4,995 g/An 2024 up 11.5% falling
156 Niue 4,902 g/An 2024 down 9.3% rising
157 Guyana 4,867 g/An 2024 down 0.4% falling
158 Nigeria 4,808 g/An 2024 up 7.8% rising
159 Zimbabwe 4,799 g/An 2024 down 0.0% rising
160 Ethiopia 4,686 g/An 2024 up 1.2% rising
161 Equatorial Guinea 4,610 g/An 2024 up 1.4% rising
162 Mozambique 4,595 g/An 2024 up 1.9% rising
163 Madagascar 4,535 g/An 2024 up 0.2% volatile
164 Belize 4,465 g/An 2024 down 0.9% rising
165 Solomon Islands 4,460 g/An 2024 up 9.5% rising
166 Malawi 4,442 g/An 2024 up 3.6% rising
167 Vanuatu 4,383 g/An 2024 up 9.6% rising
168 Burkina Faso 4,267 g/An 2024 up 20.9% rising
169 Suriname 4,185 g/An 2024 up 4.4% rising
170 Guinea-Bissau 4,160 g/An 2024 down 11.5% falling
171 Kenya 4,126 g/An 2024 down 4.6% rising
172 Nauru 4,000 g/An 2024 unchanged flat
173 Trinidad and Tobago 3,928 g/An 2024 up 16.9% rising
174 Guinea 3,910 g/An 2024 up 7.8% rising
175 Bangladesh 3,887 g/An 2024 up 113.7% rising
175 China, Macao SAR 3,887 g/An 2024 up 3.7% rising
177 Gambia 3,863 g/An 2024 up 0.3% rising
178 Eritrea 3,813 g/An 2024 up 24.5% falling
179 Gabon 3,781 g/An 2024 down 1.1% rising
180 Cambodia 3,744 g/An 2024 down 2.7% rising
181 Sao Tome and Principe 3,699 g/An 2024 down 50.0% rising
182 Tunisia 3,685 g/An 2024 down 23.5% rising
183 Angola 3,614 g/An 2024 down 0.9% rising
184 Senegal 3,437 g/An 2024 down 9.1% rising
184 Chad 3,437 g/An 2024 up 0.2% rising
186 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,412 g/An 2024 up 9.4% rising
187 Burundi 3,385 g/An 2024 up 26.9% rising
188 Somalia 3,266 g/An 2024 up 9.5% rising
189 Mauritania 3,220 g/An 2024 up 6.1% rising
190 Namibia 3,194 g/An 2024 up 3.3% flat
191 Papua New Guinea 3,066 g/An 2024 down 7.8% rising
192 China, Hong Kong SAR 2,942 g/An 2024 down 27.0% falling
193 Congo 2,841 g/An 2024 up 6.0% rising
194 Niger 2,757 g/An 2024 up 20.6% flat
195 Barbados 2,718 g/An 2024 down 0.4% rising
196 Ghana 2,662 g/An 2024 down 4.7% rising
197 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,576 g/An 2024 up 13.0% falling
198 Micronesia 2,524 g/An 2024 up 5.0% flat
199 Mali 2,513 g/An 2024 down 22.9% rising
200 Kiribati 2,445 g/An 2024 down 1.6% flat
201 Sierra Leone 2,306 g/An 2024 up 1.9% rising
202 Ethiopia PDR 2,300 g/An 1992 unchanged flat
203 Afghanistan 2,120 g/An 2024 up 8.9% falling
204 Tonga 1,835 g/An 2024 down 11.7% falling
205 Tuvalu 1,820 g/An 2024 up 0.1% falling
206 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.

About this data

Indicator
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight
Unit
g/An
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
239 places, 13,701 data points, 1961–2024
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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.