Remarkable dynamics of the global egg industry

The growth of output from the global egg industry in the last 50 years is more than impressive. Poultry World is honoured to publish an expert analysis on the development of the industry and document the remarkable growth of global egg production and trade of this commodity. Between 1970 and 2020, global egg production increased from 19.5 million tonnes to 87.1 million (up 347%). Table 1 shows that from 1990 on, production volumes grew significantly faster than in the previous 2 decades. Bet