Egg consumption per capita rose 2.59% to 21.8 kg in China in 2020, according to Faostat.
Historically, egg consumption per capita in China reached an all time high of 21.8 kg in 2020 and an all time low of 1.97 kg in 1963. When compared to China's main peers, egg consumption per capita in India amounted to 3.93 kg, 19.9 kg in Japan, 16.5 kg in Russia and 16.1 kg in USA in 2020.
China has been ranked 2nd within the group of 165 countries we follow in terms of egg consumption per capita, 1 place 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 |
| Bangladesh | kg | 2.64 | 2.83 | 3.55 | 3.60 | 2.73 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kg | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 15.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kg | 20.1 | 20.7 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 21.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kg | 13.9 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 17.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kg | 2.76 | 2.90 | 3.06 | 3.27 | 3.92 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kg | 19.1 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 20.0 | 20.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kg | 19.6 | 19.9 | 20.0 | 20.4 | 20.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | kg | 2.84 | 2.99 | 3.14 | 3.27 | 3.37 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | kg | 4.22 | 4.42 | 4.42 | 4.06 | 4.43 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kg | 14.5 | 15.1 | 15.6 | 16.0 | 16.2 |
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