Data about eggs production, characteristics and consumption in different parts of the wporld. We produce more than a trillion eggs a year. That is a lot of eggs. Do you know where people eat more eggs?

1. The market by Eggcellence!
HEALTH • NUTRITION • MATERIALS
A trillion eggs are produced
every year in the world
If we put all the eggs in a row one after
the other, there’d be
enough for 154 trips to
the moon
In China, the price of premium
egg could be eight times
higher than the regular egg...
...plenty of room for improvement
The largest omelette
in the world used
145,000 eggs and
was made in
Portugal
From 2000 to 2009, Eggs were the
second fastest growing animal
protein on the globe
In Austria, Germany, France and Switzerland, more
than 95% of the layers are not kept in conventional
cages; while in China, USA, Mexico, India, Japan,
Canada, Russia, Brazil and Argentina, more than 95%
of the hens are kept in conventional cages.
For the price of one dozen eggs in Switzerland
you can buy four dozen in Argentina, Brazil
or the Netherlands
(farm gate prize)
Argentina and India offer
the cheapest feed for layers
In the same period, Central and
South America was the fastest
growing continent
on egg production
We fed 2.8 billion
hens annually
Enough to cover the entire
country of Austria
three times over!
(at 110, 000 hens/Sq km)
Top ten
leading countries in egg
production in 2009 (FAO)
Two eggs a day keeps the Doctor away.
Eggs contain 185 mg of cholesterol (USDA) and cholesterol is an
important nutrient. We need cholesterol for Vitamin D metabolism,
brain function, bile
production and sex.
Cholesterol is the precursor of pregnenolone and Pregnenolone
can either be converted to progesterone or testosterone.
You should limit your egg intake only if you follow a sedentary life
style combined with a high caloric intake.
Hens eat 128M tons
of feed annually
(33% of the total
poultry feed)
More than double
the entire corn
production
of Brazil
The champions
of feed prices for layers are
Switzerland and Japan
(around 700 USD/ton)
Ratio of brown to
white hens by
country
Mexico, Ukraine, Japan and China
are the top consumers
of eggs
(more than
295 per capita)
In Mexico, the
ratio of people
to hens is 1:1
For every 100 eggs
produced...
38
are from
China 9
are from
USA 5
are from
India
35%
35% 37%
28%
16% 14% 9%
23% 18% 12%
37.6%
share
Production volume
(1000 t)
23634
8.5% 5349
share
China 70 : 30
USA 8 : 92
India 8 : 92
Japan 40 : 60
Mexico 5 : 95
Russia 50 : 50
Brazil 25 : 75
France 85 : 15
Austria 90 : 10
South Africa 30 : 70
5.1% 3200
share
4% 2505
share
3.8% 2360
share
3.5% 2195
share
3.1% 1922
share
1.7% 1059
share
1.5% 918
share
913
44055
1.5%
share
70.1%
share
10
countries
100% 62840
share
World