Share of eggs produced by different housing systems by country

This includes conventional as well as enriched cages, which are larger, furnished cages that provide slightly more space than conventional ones.

Countries reporting
26
Highest
77.1%
Estonia
Lowest
0.0%
Austria
Median
42.4%
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
391

What the numbers show

Share of eggs produced by different housing systems is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 77.1% in Estonia; the lowest is 0.0% in Austria.

The median across all reporting countries is 42.4%, and the mean is 40.9%.

Over the past decade 1 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 25.1%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 100.0%).

Share of eggs produced by different housing systems: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
2 Estonia 77.1% 2025 down 13.4% falling
3 Lithuania 76.6% 2024 down 20.4% falling
4 Greece 76.5% 2020 falling
5 Hungary 67.6% 2024 down 4.4% falling
6 Portugal 67.1% 2024 down 25.7% falling
7 Bulgaria 64.5% 2025 up 25.1% rising
8 Poland 62.2% 2025 down 29.7% falling
9 Spain 59.8% 2025 down 34.8% falling
10 Cyprus 59.7% 2025 down 14.1% falling
11 United States 54.7% 2025 down 37.4% falling
12 Slovakia 49.9% 2025 down 42.9% falling
13 Latvia 45.6% 2025 down 46.9% falling
14 Czechia 42.8% 2025 down 48.6% falling
15 Croatia 42.0% 2025 down 46.1% falling
16 Romania 41.8% 2025 down 17.7% falling
17 Belgium 34.0% 2024 down 43.9% falling
18 Italy 33.2% 2025 down 49.8% falling
19 France 30.1% 2023 down 53.6% falling
21 Finland 19.0% 2025 down 71.4% falling
22 United Kingdom 17.3% 2025 down 66.1% falling
23 Slovenia 14.8% 2025 down 71.5% falling
24 Netherlands 14.8% 2025 down 19.4% falling
25 Denmark 9.8% 2025 down 78.2% volatile
26 Germany 0.7% 2025 down 93.0% volatile
27 Sweden 0.7% 2025 down 96.0% volatile
28 Austria 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Share of eggs produced by different housing systems
Unit
%
Source
European Commission (2026) and other sources – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
29 places, 391 data points, 1996–2025
Last refreshed

This includes conventional as well as enriched cages, which are larger, furnished cages that provide slightly more space than conventional ones.