Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight in Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand: Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight was 15,190 g/An in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
15,190 g/An
Change on year
up 3.0%
World rank
38th
of 190 countries
All-time high
16,502 g/An
in 2013
All-time low
10,410 g/An
in 1970
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024

05.0k10.0k15.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/An.

Analysis

In 2024, hen eggs in shell, fresh — yield/carcass weight in Australia and New Zealand stood at 15,190 g/An.

The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, hen eggs in shell, fresh — yield/carcass weight in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 16,502 g/An in 2013 and was at its lowest, 10,410 g/An, in 1970.

That places Australia and New Zealand 38th out of 190 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight in Australia and New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight in Australia and New Zealand, 1961 to 2024.
Year g/An Change
1961 10,849 g/An
1962 10,868 g/An +0.2%
1963 10,888 g/An +0.2%
1964 10,939 g/An +0.5%
1965 10,849 g/An -0.8%
1966 10,889 g/An +0.4%
1967 10,924 g/An +0.3%
1968 10,873 g/An -0.5%
1969 10,766 g/An -1.0%
1970 10,410 g/An -3.3%
1971 10,789 g/An +3.6%
1972 12,300 g/An +14.0%
1973 12,518 g/An +1.8%
1974 11,217 g/An -10.4%
1975 11,920 g/An +6.3%
1976 12,005 g/An +0.7%
1977 12,173 g/An +1.4%
1978 13,038 g/An +7.1%
1979 12,591 g/An -3.4%
1980 13,440 g/An +6.7%
1981 13,732 g/An +2.2%
1982 13,726 g/An -0.0%
1983 13,386 g/An -2.5%
1984 14,055 g/An +5.0%
1985 13,741 g/An -2.2%
1986 13,661 g/An -0.6%
1987 13,809 g/An +1.1%
1988 13,453 g/An -2.6%
1989 14,028 g/An +4.3%
1990 14,540 g/An +3.6%
1991 13,536 g/An -6.9%
1992 13,587 g/An +0.4%
1993 12,186 g/An -10.3%
1994 11,754 g/An -3.5%
1995 13,225 g/An +12.5%
1996 11,196 g/An -15.3%
1997 10,908 g/An -2.6%
1998 11,474 g/An +5.2%
1999 11,165 g/An -2.7%
2000 12,216 g/An +9.4%
2001 10,574 g/An -13.4%
2002 11,519 g/An +8.9%
2003 11,053 g/An -4.0%
2004 11,356 g/An +2.7%
2005 11,408 g/An +0.5%
2006 11,733 g/An +2.8%
2007 11,404 g/An -2.8%
2008 11,737 g/An +2.9%
2009 13,258 g/An +13.0%
2010 15,054 g/An +13.5%
2011 15,714 g/An +4.4%
2012 15,979 g/An +1.7%
2013 16,502 g/An +3.3%
2014 15,210 g/An -7.8%
2015 13,686 g/An -10.0%
2016 15,386 g/An +12.4%
2017 15,658 g/An +1.8%
2018 16,187 g/An +3.4%
2019 15,698 g/An -3.0%
2020 15,307 g/An -2.5%
2021 16,087 g/An +5.1%
2022 14,148 g/An -12.1%
2023 14,748 g/An +4.2%
2024 15,190 g/An +3.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 10,872 g/An 10,766 g/An 10,939 g/An 9
1970s 11,896 g/An 10,410 g/An 13,038 g/An 10
1980s 13,703 g/An 13,386 g/An 14,055 g/An 10
1990s 12,357 g/An 10,908 g/An 14,540 g/An 10
2000s 11,626 g/An 10,574 g/An 13,258 g/An 10
2010s 15,507 g/An 13,686 g/An 16,502 g/An 10
2020s 15,096 g/An 14,148 g/An 16,087 g/An 5

Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand

  1. 35 Dominican Republic 15,660 g/An compare
  2. 36 Czechia 15,349 g/An compare
  3. 37 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15,198 g/An compare
  4. 39 Sri Lanka 15,140 g/An compare
  5. 40 Fiji 15,000 g/An compare
  6. 41 Qatar 14,997 g/An compare

See the full ranking of 239 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Australia and New Zealand

All data for Australia and New Zealand →

Frequently asked questions

What is hen eggs in shell, fresh — yield/carcass weight in Australia and New Zealand?
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — yield/carcass weight in Australia and New Zealand was 15,190 g/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest hen eggs in shell, fresh — yield/carcass weight recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 16,502 g/An in 2013.
What is the lowest hen eggs in shell, fresh — yield/carcass weight recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 10,410 g/An in 1970.
How does Australia and New Zealand rank for hen eggs in shell, fresh — yield/carcass weight?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 38th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
Is hen eggs in shell, fresh — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight in Australia and New Zealand. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/hen-eggs-in-shell-fresh-yield-carcass-weight/australia-and-new-zealand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/hen-eggs-in-shell-fresh-yield-carcass-weight/australia-and-new-zealand/">Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight in Australia and New Zealand</a> — Statizoid

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
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.