Czech Egg Production Rose More Than 5% in 2025 Despite a Smaller Laying-Hen Population

The Czech Republic produced approximately 1.615 billion eggs for consumption in 2025, an increase of 5.6% compared with the previous year. At the same time, the number of hens declined by about 4.4%, meaning productivity increased significantly: average egg production reached almost 315 eggs per laying hen. (Statistika)

This creates an interesting contrast with the usual European narrative of rising production costs. Czech producers appear to be extracting more output from a smaller laying-hen base. For egg processors, such productivity improvements can be important because they can partly compensate for labour, energy and feed inflation without requiring proportional expansion of farm capacity.