Egypt vs Netherlands: Cereal yields
Egypt
7.36 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Netherlands
6.81 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Egypt rank
12th
Netherlands rank
15th
Cereal yields over time
- Egypt
- Netherlands
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 7.36 tonnes per hectare against 6.81 tonnes per hectare in Netherlands, a difference of 0.55 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Netherlands ahead.
Egypt ranks 12th and Netherlands ranks 15th of 185 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.45 tonnes per hectare | 3.96 tonnes per hectare | 0.5128 tonnes per hectare | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 3.95 tonnes per hectare | 4.7 tonnes per hectare | 0.7454 tonnes per hectare | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 4.56 tonnes per hectare | 6.48 tonnes per hectare | 1.92 tonnes per hectare | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 6.2 tonnes per hectare | 7.47 tonnes per hectare | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 7.4 tonnes per hectare | 7.89 tonnes per hectare | 0.4949 tonnes per hectare | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 7 tonnes per hectare | 8.45 tonnes per hectare | 1.46 tonnes per hectare | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 7.26 tonnes per hectare | 7.91 tonnes per hectare | 0.6492 tonnes per hectare | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereal yields, Egypt or Netherlands?
- Egypt, at 7.36 tonnes per hectare against 6.81 tonnes per hectare in Netherlands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereal yields between Egypt and Netherlands?
- 0.55 tonnes per hectare, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Netherlands?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Netherlands rank globally for cereal yields?
- Egypt ranks 12th and Netherlands ranks 15th of 185 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereal yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per hectare.