Total egg consumption rose 5.67% to 671 kt in South Korea in 2021, according to Faostat.
Historically, total egg consumption in South Korea reached an all time high of 671 kt in 2021 and an all time low of 36.4 kt in 1961. When compared to South Korea's main peers, total egg consumption in China amounted to 31,320 kt, 118 kt in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 2,462 kt in Japan and 350 kt in Vietnam in 2021.
South Korea has been ranked 20th within the group of 164 countries we follow in terms of total egg consumption, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Egg Consumption (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Cambodia | kt | 19.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | kt | 27,984 | 29,033 | 28,432 | 28,741 | 30,405 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | kt | 3,655 | 3,887 | 4,140 | 4,479 | 5,415 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | kt | 2,432 | 2,473 | 2,501 | 2,524 | 2,529 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | kt | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| North Korea | kt | 114 | 116 | 114 | 114 | 109 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kt | 2,238 | 2,278 | 2,339 | 2,407 | 2,427 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | kt | 615 | 607 | 636 | 666 | 636 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | kt | 832 | 829 | 831 | 841 | 840 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 4,698 | 4,924 | 5,149 | 5,303 | 5,418 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | kt | 376 | 400 | 264 | 297 | 348 |