Egypt vs Sweden: Yields of important staple crops
Egypt
6.78 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Sweden
6.17 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Egypt rank
9th
Sweden rank
12th
Yields of important staple crops over time
- Egypt
- Sweden
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 6.78 tonnes per hectare against 6.17 tonnes per hectare in Sweden, a difference of 0.61 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.
Egypt ranks 9th and Sweden ranks 12th of 126 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.58 tonnes per hectare | 3.61 tonnes per hectare | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | Sweden |
| 1970s | 3.25 tonnes per hectare | 4.37 tonnes per hectare | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | Sweden |
| 1980s | 3.91 tonnes per hectare | 5.15 tonnes per hectare | 1.23 tonnes per hectare | Sweden |
| 1990s | 5.46 tonnes per hectare | 5.85 tonnes per hectare | 0.3961 tonnes per hectare | Sweden |
| 2000s | 6.45 tonnes per hectare | 5.97 tonnes per hectare | 0.4767 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2010s | 6.44 tonnes per hectare | 6.19 tonnes per hectare | 0.2543 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2020s | 6.69 tonnes per hectare | 6.42 tonnes per hectare | 0.2752 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 Sweden?
- Egypt, at 6.78 tonnes per hectare against 6.17 tonnes per hectare in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yields of important staple crops between Egypt and Sweden?
- 0.61 tonnes per hectare, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Sweden?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Sweden rank globally for yields of important staple crops?
- Egypt ranks 9th and Sweden ranks 12th 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.