Egypt vs Middle Africa: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Egypt
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 1.39 million ha against 30,918 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 1.36 million ha.
That makes Egypt's figure about 44.9 times Middle Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 27th and Middle Africa ranks 10th of 124 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 554,225 ha | 23,716 ha | 530,510 ha | Egypt |
| 1970s | 559,390 ha | 22,560 ha | 536,830 ha | Egypt |
| 1980s | 559,455 ha | 15,625 ha | 543,830 ha | Egypt |
| 1990s | 956,456 ha | 13,264 ha | 943,193 ha | Egypt |
| 2000s | 1.14 million ha | 13,003 ha | 1.13 million ha | Egypt |
| 2010s | 1.35 million ha | 14,375 ha | 1.33 million ha | Egypt |
| 2020s | 1.41 million ha | 25,189 ha | 1.38 million ha | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Egypt or Middle Africa?
- Egypt, at 1.39 million ha against 30,918 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Egypt and Middle Africa?
- 1.36 million ha, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Middle Africa rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 27th and Middle Africa ranks 10th of 124 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.