China - Number of animals producing eggs

3,063,373 (thousand head) in 2022

China is the top country by number of animals producing eggs among 1 countries. As of 2022, number of animals producing eggs in China was 3.06 million thousand head that accounts for 50.36% of total number of animals producing eggs. The top 2 countries (others are China) account for 100.00% of it. The total number of animals producing eggs was estimated at 6.08 million thousand head in 2022.

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What is number of animals producing eggs?

Eggs and Egg products. Egg production by type of poultry should refer to the total production of eggs in the shell by all types of hens in both the traditional sector (individually owned small flocks) and the modern sector (large-scale, intensive commercial poultry farms).Total productions include eggs for hatching but exclude waste of farms. Countries should report in terms of both numbers and weight.FAO lists seven egg and egg products items, including four primary and three processed products.

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