Eggs (dozen) prices by country
Eggs (dozen) costs from $0.91 in India to $7.68 in Switzerland, across 32 countries priced in US dollars and in local currency.
Eggs are the most volatile item in the game. Avian influenza outbreaks can double a country's egg price within a few months and pull it back down just as fast, so an egg price is as much a snapshot of this year's flock health as it is of local cost of living.
The numbers
| Country | USD | Local | Work time |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | $0.91 | 86.9 INR | 22 min |
| Egypt | $1.34 | 68.51 EGP | 45 min |
| Indonesia | $1.49 | 26,877 IDR | 41 min |
| Vietnam | $1.50 | 39,286 VND | 32 min |
| China | $1.58 | 10.69 CNY | 17 min |
| Japan | $2.07 | 328 JPY | 8 min |
| Thailand | $2.08 | 69.57 THB | 36 min |
| Turkey | $2.13 | 101.28 TRY | 32 min |
| Brazil | $2.27 | 11.5 BRL | 30 min |
| South Africa | $2.50 | 41.38 ZAR | 33 min |
| Saudi Arabia | $2.57 | 9.64 SAR | 13 min |
| Mexico | $2.62 | 45.43 MXN | 39 min |
| Argentina | $2.66 | 3,959.29 ARS | 46 min |
| South Korea | $2.85 | 4,099 KRW | 12 min |
| United Arab Emirates | $3.12 | 11.46 AED | 12 min |
| Spain | $3.45 | 3 EUR | 17 min |
| Portugal | $3.48 | 3.02 EUR | 23 min |
| Canada | $3.54 | 4.96 CAD | 10 min |
| Poland | $3.65 | 13.65 PLN | 27 min |
| Singapore | $3.69 | 4.73 SGD | 14 min |
| Germany | $3.91 | 3.4 EUR | 11 min |
| United Kingdom | $4.12 | 3.06 GBP | 14 min |
| Italy | $4.26 | 3.7 EUR | 18 min |
| United States | $4.33 | 4.33 USD | 10 min |
| France | $4.35 | 3.78 EUR | 14 min |
| Sweden | $4.37 | 41.67 SEK | 12 min |
| Ireland | $4.50 | 3.91 EUR | 14 min |
| Netherlands | $4.92 | 4.27 EUR | 15 min |
| Australia | $5.04 | 7.18 AUD | 12 min |
| Norway | $5.19 | 49.25 NOK | 11 min |
| New Zealand | $6.31 | 10.74 NZD | 17 min |
| Switzerland | $7.68 | 6.21 CHF | 14 min |
Source: Numbeo's country price rankings for 'Eggs (12, large size)' in the markets category, retrieved August 2026. Full methodology.
What the spread shows
The cheapest eggs in the game is in India at $0.91; the most expensive is in Switzerland at $7.68. That is a 8.4× difference for the same thing, against a median of $3.46 across all 32 countries.
Ranking by earnings instead of dollars rearranges the table. Argentina has the longest wait, about 46 minutes of the average local wage, while in Japan it is roughly 8 minutes. A country can look cheap in dollars and expensive in hours at the same time, and for most people the hours are what actually matter.
In the U.S. since 1980
For how this price moved over time rather than across countries, see egg prices by year, the U.S. city average every year since 1980.
Other items
Why this costs what it costs
- Eggs are the most honest price in the shopNo brand, no marketing, barely any processing. When the egg price moves, something real happened to the birds, and everyone finds out at once.
- Four things set every price, and only one of them is the productThe same can, the same recipe, the same machine that made it, and a five-fold price gap between two countries. What follows is what actually sits in that difference.
- Official inflation says 87%. Your receipt says 220%.Someone is wrong about inflation, and it isn't your receipt. Four structural reasons why the official number was never measuring your life to begin with.