Egypt vs Italy: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?
Egypt
17.08 million tonnes
in 2023
Italy
19.15 million tonnes
in 2023
Egypt rank
14th
Italy rank
11th
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? over time
- Egypt
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 19.15 million tonnes against 17.08 million tonnes in Egypt, a difference of 2.07 million tonnes.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.
Egypt ranks 14th and Italy ranks 11th of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 4 and Italy in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.06 million tonnes | 6.23 million tonnes | 4.17 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1970s | 3.51 million tonnes | 8.14 million tonnes | 4.63 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1980s | 7.82 million tonnes | 7.33 million tonnes | 482,000 tonnes | Egypt |
| 1990s | 8.35 million tonnes | 7.87 million tonnes | 481,500 tonnes | Egypt |
| 2000s | 10.80 million tonnes | 10.00 million tonnes | 804,200 tonnes | Egypt |
| 2010s | 20.65 million tonnes | 15.07 million tonnes | 5.58 million tonnes | Egypt |
| 2020s | 17.81 million tonnes | 17.92 million tonnes | 104,750 tonnes | Italy |
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 Italy?
- Italy, at 19.15 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 Italy?
- 2.07 million tonnes, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Italy?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Egypt and Italy rank globally for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters??
- Egypt ranks 14th and Italy ranks 11th 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.