Egypt vs Namibia: Yields of key staple crops
Egypt
6.78 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Namibia
7.07 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Egypt rank
9th
Namibia rank
6th
Yields of key staple crops over time
- Egypt
- Namibia
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 7.07 tonnes per hectare against 6.78 tonnes per hectare in Egypt, a difference of 0.29 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 9th and Namibia ranks 6th of 125 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Namibia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.58 tonnes per hectare | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1970s | 3.25 tonnes per hectare | 1.95 tonnes per hectare | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1980s | 3.91 tonnes per hectare | 3.03 tonnes per hectare | 0.8865 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1990s | 5.46 tonnes per hectare | 4.83 tonnes per hectare | 0.6295 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2000s | 6.45 tonnes per hectare | 5.64 tonnes per hectare | 0.8084 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2010s | 6.44 tonnes per hectare | 5.78 tonnes per hectare | 0.6665 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2020s | 6.69 tonnes per hectare | 5.88 tonnes per hectare | 0.8134 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yields of key staple crops, Egypt or Namibia?
- Namibia, at 7.07 tonnes per hectare against 6.78 tonnes per hectare in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yields of key staple crops between Egypt and Namibia?
- 0.29 tonnes per hectare, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Namibia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Namibia rank globally for yields of key staple crops?
- Egypt ranks 9th and Namibia ranks 6th of 125 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.