Apples — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Apples — Area harvested was 35,632 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apples — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 35,632 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 38.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 35,632 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 420 ha, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 17th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apples — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 420 ha | — |
| 1962 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 449 ha | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 503 ha | +12.0% |
| 1967 | 420 ha | -16.5% |
| 1968 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 840 ha | +100.0% |
| 1971 | 840 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 840 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,260 ha | +50.0% |
| 1974 | 1,200 ha | -4.8% |
| 1975 | 1,680 ha | +40.0% |
| 1976 | 1,851 ha | +10.2% |
| 1977 | 1,972 ha | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 2,053 ha | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 2,107 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 2,307 ha | +9.5% |
| 1981 | 2,434 ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 8,300 ha | +232.0% |
| 1984 | 2,940 ha | -64.6% |
| 1985 | 2,940 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,200 ha | +42.9% |
| 1987 | 4,620 ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 6,301 ha | +36.4% |
| 1989 | 6,720 ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 7,571 ha | +12.7% |
| 1991 | 7,618 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 23,158 ha | +204.0% |
| 1993 | 29,331 ha | +26.7% |
| 1994 | 24,130 ha | -17.7% |
| 1995 | 25,276 ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 24,855 ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 23,590 ha | -5.1% |
| 1998 | 22,560 ha | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 26,899 ha | +19.2% |
| 2000 | 27,231 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 27,370 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 26,070 ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 25,584 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 25,685 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 25,450 ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 25,100 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 24,140 ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 23,883 ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 21,569 ha | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 21,088 ha | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 20,956 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 21,145 ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 24,857 ha | +17.6% |
| 2014 | 25,777 ha | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 28,365 ha | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 29,353 ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 28,884 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 28,799 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 28,057 ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 32,450 ha | +15.7% |
| 2021 | 33,703 ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 35,167 ha | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 35,161 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 35,632 ha | +1.3% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 35,632 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,720 ha, 1.4× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 35,632 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 20,348 ha, 1.8× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +232.0% | 2,500 ha | 8,300 ha |
| 1992 | +204.0% | 7,618 ha | 23,158 ha |
| 1970 | +100.0% | 420 ha | 840 ha |
| 1984 | -64.6% | 8,300 ha | 2,940 ha |
| 1973 | +50.0% | 840 ha | 1,260 ha |
| 1986 | +42.9% | 2,940 ha | 4,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 432.44 ha | 420 ha | 503 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,464 ha | 840 ha | 2,107 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,326 ha | 2,307 ha | 8,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,499 ha | 7,571 ha | 29,331 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,208 ha | 21,569 ha | 27,370 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,728 ha | 20,956 ha | 29,353 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,423 ha | 32,450 ha | 35,632 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Egypt?
- Apples — area harvested in Egypt was 35,632 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 35,632 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 420 ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for apples — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 17th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.