# Eggs: Production

How world egg output nearly tripled since 1990

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/eggs/production/

What this tab covers Who produces it and how much: world output over recent years, the top producing countries with their shares, USGS world figures for 2024 and 2025, and the largest producing companies globally and in India.

FAOSTAT counts about 1.78 trillion hen eggs in 2024, up from 1.21 trillion in 2010 and 649 billion in 1990, almost a tripling. China laid 34.8%, India 8.3%, Indonesia 8.2%, the United States 6.1%, Brazil 3.7% and Mexico 3.5%. The HHI of 1,438 means production is unconcentrated despite China's share, because most countries produce for themselves. Growth has been fastest in Asia, where rising incomes shift diets towards animal protein and eggs are the cheapest kind.

#### Hen eggs in shell, fresh · FAOSTAT

Chart: World production of Hen eggs in shell, fresh
 World production, 1000 No. Hover for values.

#### Top producers 2024
 China 34.8% India 8.3% Indonesia 8.2% United States 6.1% Brazil 3.7% Mexico 3.5% Russia 2.6% Japan 2.3% Concentration: HHI 1,438, unconcentrated.

#### Largest producers by company, global
 Cal-Maine Foods 1.283 billion dozen eggs sold (net sales $4.26 billion), latest reported year.

#### Largest producers by company, India

India is the second-largest egg producer, with 147.3 billion eggs (8.1 Mt) in 2024, 8.3% of world output, up fourfold since 2000 (FAOSTAT). Production is concentrated in commercial layer clusters run by many private farms; no single firm publishes national-scale volumes. Prices follow NECC's daily zone rates. India trades few eggs.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/eggs/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/eggs/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/eggs/correlation/index.md)
- [Extraction](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/eggs/extraction/index.md)
- [Stocks](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/eggs/stocks/index.md)
- [Cycles](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/eggs/cycles/index.md)
- [Trading](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/eggs/trading/index.md)
- [Movement](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/eggs/movement/index.md)
- [Criticality](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/eggs/criticality/index.md)
- [Characteristics](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/eggs/characteristics/index.md)
- [Emissions](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/eggs/emissions/index.md)
- [Relationships](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/eggs/links/index.md)