Egypt vs World: Figs — Area harvested

Egypt
31,688 ha
in 2024
World
301,486 ha
in 2024
Egypt rank
3rd
World rank
1st

Figs — Area harvested over time

  • Egypt
  • World
0200.0k400.0k600.0k196119922024

How they compare

World currently reports 301,486 ha against 31,688 ha in Egypt, a difference of 269,798 ha.

That makes World's figure about 9.5 times Egypt's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 3rd and World ranks 1st of 68 countries.

World has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt World Difference Ahead
1960s 1,597 ha 535,548 ha 533,950 ha World
1970s 2,982 ha 345,529 ha 342,546 ha World
1980s 5,494 ha 337,506 ha 332,012 ha World
1990s 19,529 ha 317,216 ha 297,687 ha World
2000s 37,376 ha 309,267 ha 271,892 ha World
2010s 28,579 ha 297,885 ha 269,306 ha World
2020s 31,632 ha 296,610 ha 264,978 ha World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher figs — area harvested, Egypt or World?
World, at 301,486 ha against 31,688 ha in Egypt as of 2024.
What is the difference in figs — area harvested between Egypt and World?
269,798 ha, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Egypt and World rank globally for figs — area harvested?
Egypt ranks 3rd and World ranks 1st of 68 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Figs — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Figs — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
99 places, 4,203 data points, 1961–2024
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.