China vs United States: Egg production

China
35.88 million tonnes
in 2024
United States
6.47 million tonnes
in 2024
China rank
1st
United States rank
4th

Egg production over time

  • China
  • United States
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M196119922024

How they compare

China currently reports 35.88 million tonnes against 6.47 million tonnes in United States, a difference of 29.41 million tonnes.

That makes China's figure about 5.5 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States ahead.

China ranks 1st and United States ranks 4th of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Egg production
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 11,454 data points, 1961–2024
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