Egypt vs Saudi Arabia: Yields of important staple crops
Egypt
6.78 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
6.35 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Egypt rank
9th
Saudi Arabia rank
11th
Yields of important staple crops over time
- Egypt
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 6.78 tonnes per hectare against 6.35 tonnes per hectare in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.43 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Saudi Arabia's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 9th and Saudi Arabia ranks 11th of 126 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.58 tonnes per hectare | 1.65 tonnes per hectare | 0.9264 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1970s | 3.25 tonnes per hectare | 1.74 tonnes per hectare | 1.51 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1980s | 3.91 tonnes per hectare | 3.52 tonnes per hectare | 0.3927 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1990s | 5.46 tonnes per hectare | 4.47 tonnes per hectare | 0.9858 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2000s | 6.45 tonnes per hectare | 5.29 tonnes per hectare | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2010s | 6.44 tonnes per hectare | 6.15 tonnes per hectare | 0.2955 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2020s | 6.69 tonnes per hectare | 6.5 tonnes per hectare | 0.1978 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yields of important staple crops, Egypt or Saudi Arabia?
- Egypt, at 6.78 tonnes per hectare against 6.35 tonnes per hectare in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yields of important staple crops between Egypt and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.43 tonnes per hectare, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Saudi Arabia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Saudi Arabia rank globally for yields of important staple crops?
- Egypt ranks 9th and Saudi Arabia ranks 11th of 126 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Yields of important staple crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Harvested production per unit of harvested area for wheat.