Egg consumption per capita fell 0.409% to 12.2 kg in South Korea in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, egg consumption per capita in South Korea reached an all time high of 12.8 kg in 2018 and an all time low of 1.41 kg in 1961. When compared to South Korea's main peers, egg consumption per capita in China amounted to 21.8 kg, 4.42 kg in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 19.9 kg in Japan and 4.09 kg in Vietnam in 2020.
South Korea has been ranked 40th within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of egg consumption per capita, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Egg Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Cambodia | kg | 1.23 | 1.19 | 1.22 | 1.17 | 1.15 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kg | 20.1 | 20.7 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 21.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea | kg | 4.49 | 4.58 | 4.48 | 4.46 | 4.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kg | 2.76 | 2.90 | 3.06 | 3.27 | 3.92 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kg | 19.1 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 20.0 | 20.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | kg | 1.89 | 1.89 | 1.73 | 1.80 | 1.87 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kg | 15.5 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 16.5 | 16.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kg | 12.1 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 12.9 | 12.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | kg | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 11.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 14.5 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 16.0 | 16.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kg | 4.07 | 4.29 | 2.81 | 3.13 | 3.63 |
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