Egg consumption per capita rose 5.63% to 12.9 kg in South Korea in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, egg consumption per capita in South Korea reached an all time high of 12.9 kg in 2021 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 22.0 kg, 4.53 kg in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 19.8 kg in Japan and 3.59 kg in Vietnam in 2021.
South Korea has been ranked 34th within the group of 164 countries we follow in terms of egg consumption per capita, 13 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| North Korea | kg | 4.49 | 4.58 | 4.48 | 4.46 | 4.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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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