China vs USSR: Egg production

China
35.88 million tonnes
in 2024
USSR
4.53 million tonnes
in 1991
China rank
1st
USSR rank
1st

Egg production over time

  • China
  • USSR
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How they compare

China currently reports 35.88 million tonnes against 4.53 million tonnes in USSR, a difference of 31.35 million tonnes.

That makes China's figure about 7.9 times USSR's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1961 it was USSR ahead.

China ranks 1st and USSR ranks 1st 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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