Egypt vs Indonesia: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?
Egypt
17.08 million tonnes
in 2023
Indonesia
17.75 million tonnes
in 2023
Egypt rank
14th
Indonesia rank
12th
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? over time
- Egypt
- Indonesia
How they compare
Indonesia currently reports 17.75 million tonnes against 17.08 million tonnes in Egypt, a difference of 666,000 tonnes.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 14th and Indonesia ranks 12th of 192 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.06 million tonnes | 906,111 tonnes | 1.15 million tonnes | Egypt |
| 1970s | 3.51 million tonnes | 2.10 million tonnes | 1.42 million tonnes | Egypt |
| 1980s | 7.82 million tonnes | 2.19 million tonnes | 5.62 million tonnes | Egypt |
| 1990s | 8.35 million tonnes | 5.27 million tonnes | 3.08 million tonnes | Egypt |
| 2000s | 10.80 million tonnes | 6.71 million tonnes | 4.10 million tonnes | Egypt |
| 2010s | 20.65 million tonnes | 12.95 million tonnes | 7.70 million tonnes | Egypt |
| 2020s | 17.81 million tonnes | 14.23 million tonnes | 3.58 million tonnes | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, Egypt or Indonesia?
- Indonesia, at 17.75 million tonnes against 17.08 million tonnes in Egypt as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? between Egypt and Indonesia?
- 666,000 tonnes, with Indonesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Indonesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Egypt and Indonesia rank globally for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters??
- Egypt ranks 14th and Indonesia ranks 12th of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Imports and exports are measured as the net sum of all cereal crop varieties. Countries which lie above the grey line are net importers of cereals; those below the line are net exporters.