Egg Supply per Person

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Historical data · 2023

Source: FAO Food Balances, via Our World in Data ↗
Reference period: 2023Dataset updated Oct 18, 2026. The badge reflects the reference year, not the update date.
Definition: Eggs available for food per person in a year, measured by egg weight in the shell. Household waste is included in the supply figure.
Unit: kg per person per year
Coverage & value range: Worldwide · 176 listed countries and territoriesValues: 0.1 kg to 31.8 kg
Ranking direction: Highest value first (descending)#1 is the highest listed value, not necessarily the best outcome.

Source notes: Eggs in shell-equivalent weight available for food, rather than eggs actually eaten. Consumer waste is not deducted.

Coverage describes this list, not necessarily the full population. Missing entries do not imply a value of zero. Collection & methodology →

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Europe · 40

Americas · 33

Oceania · 15

Asia · 45

Africa · 43

0.1 kg per person per year1 kg per person per year10 kg per person per year

Every dot is one country, placed by its value (kg per person per year, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median. Rows are world regions, ordered by their median. Hover a dot for its name.

🇧🇪Belgium

31.8 kg

🇭🇰Hong Kong

28.3 kg

🇱🇺Luxembourg

25.5 kg

🇲🇴Macau

24.0 kg

🇨🇳China

23.0 kg

🇲🇾Malaysia

21.7 kg

🇲🇽Mexico

21.6 kg

🇬🇩Grenada

21.4 kg

🇮🇩Indonesia

20.9 kg

🇲🇻Maldives

20.2 kg

🇦🇷Argentina

18.4 kg

🇳🇱Netherlands

17.9 kg

🇵🇾Paraguay

17.2 kg

🇷🇺Russia

16.8 kg

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

16.8 kg

🇧🇾Belarus

16.7 kg

🇲🇭Marshall Islands

16.4 kg

🇺🇦Ukraine

16.2 kg

🇩🇪Germany

15.9 kg

🇨🇦Canada

15.9 kg

🇺🇸United States

15.6 kg

🇪🇸Spain

15.4 kg

🇶🇦Qatar

15.2 kg

🇦🇹Austria

15.1 kg

🇨🇴Colombia

15.0 kg

🇺🇾Uruguay

14.5 kg

🇭🇺Hungary

14.3 kg

🇹🇼Taiwan

14.1 kg

🇰🇼Kuwait

14.0 kg

🇱🇹Lithuania

13.8 kg

🇧🇸Bahamas

13.7 kg

🇨🇷Costa Rica

13.6 kg

🇩🇰Denmark

13.5 kg

🇦🇲Armenia

13.4 kg

🇲🇪Montenegro

13.4 kg

🇮🇪Ireland

13.4 kg

🇷🇴Romania

13.2 kg

🇫🇷France

13.1 kg

🇮🇹Italy

13.1 kg

🇲🇹Malta

13.1 kg

🇰🇷South Korea

13.0 kg

🇵🇹Portugal

12.9 kg

🇪🇪Estonia

12.8 kg

🇨🇭Switzerland

12.8 kg

🇷🇸Serbia

12.8 kg

🇧🇷Brazil

12.7 kg

🇺🇿Uzbekistan

12.6 kg

🇮🇱Israel

12.5 kg

🇬🇹Guatemala

12.4 kg

🇫🇯Fiji

12.4 kg

Highlights

As of 2023, Belgium ranks first with 31.8 kg, followed by Hong Kong (28.3 kg) and Luxembourg (25.5 kg).

Across 176 countries and territories, values run from 31.8 kg (Belgium) to 0.1 kg (DR Congo), with a median of 7.6 kg.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Asia, 2 from the Americas and 2 from Europe.

Source: FAO Food Balances, via Our World in Data, 2023. Unit: kg per person per year.

Source: FAO Food Balances, via Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data) · fetched Oct 18, 2026 — Eggs in shell-equivalent weight available for food, rather than eggs actually eaten. Consumer waste is not deducted.

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Highlights

As of 2023, Belgium ranks first with 31.8 kg, followed by Hong Kong (28.3 kg) and Luxembourg (25.5 kg).

Across 176 countries and territories, values run from 31.8 kg (Belgium) to 0.1 kg (DR Congo), with a median of 7.6 kg.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Asia, 2 from the Americas and 2 from Europe.

Source: FAO Food Balances, via Our World in Data, 2023. Unit: kg per person per year.