Egypt vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Rye — Area harvested

Egypt
47,869 ha
in 2024
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
36,840 ha
in 2024
Egypt rank
15th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
18th

Rye — Area harvested over time

  • Egypt
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 47,869 ha against 36,840 ha in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a difference of 11,029 ha.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.3 times United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 15th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 18th of 66 countries.

Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1980s 8,000 ha 7,000 ha 1,000 ha Egypt
1990s 10,130 ha 8,057 ha 2,073 ha Egypt
2000s 27,200 ha 5,615 ha 21,585 ha Egypt
2010s 46,473 ha 18,204 ha 28,270 ha Egypt
2020s 47,727 ha 41,041 ha 6,686 ha Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rye — area harvested, Egypt or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Egypt, at 47,869 ha against 36,840 ha in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as of 2024.
What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Egypt and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
11,029 ha, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Egypt and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for rye — area harvested?
Egypt ranks 15th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 18th of 66 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rye — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Rye — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
95 places, 4,865 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.