Apricots — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Apricots — Area harvested was 5,500 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apricots — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 5,500 ha for apricots — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 7,500 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 855 ha, in 1962.
That places Egypt 23rd out of 80 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apricots — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 932 ha | — |
| 1962 | 855 ha | -8.3% |
| 1963 | 865 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 979 ha | +13.2% |
| 1965 | 1,016 ha | +3.8% |
| 1966 | 1,250 ha | +23.0% |
| 1967 | 1,260 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 1,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,680 ha | +33.3% |
| 1971 | 1,680 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,680 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,680 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,100 ha | +25.0% |
| 1975 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,993 ha | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 2,011 ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 2,098 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 2,050 ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 2,017 ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 2,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 1985 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,940 ha | +40.0% |
| 1987 | 2,940 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,520 ha | -14.3% |
| 1989 | 2,520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,662 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 2,670 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 2,923 ha | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 3,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 2,918 ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 2,956 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 3,067 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 3,080 ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 3,199 ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 3,350 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 4,960 ha | +48.1% |
| 2001 | 5,138 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 6,218 ha | +21.0% |
| 2003 | 6,747 ha | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 7,484 ha | +10.9% |
| 2005 | 7,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 7,300 ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 6,416 ha | -12.1% |
| 2008 | 6,546 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 6,602 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 6,241 ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 6,247 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 6,127 ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 6,332 ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 6,305 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 6,050 ha | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 5,757 ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 6,097 ha | +5.9% |
| 2018 | 5,701 ha | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 4,509 ha | -20.9% |
| 2020 | 3,850 ha | -14.6% |
| 2021 | 4,550 ha | +18.2% |
| 2022 | 5,385 ha | +18.4% |
| 2023 | 5,415 ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 5,500 ha | +1.6% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 5,500 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5,376 ha, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 5,500 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4,822 ha, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +48.1% | 3,350 ha | 4,960 ha |
| 1986 | +40.0% | 2,100 ha | 2,940 ha |
| 1970 | +33.3% | 1,260 ha | 1,680 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,075 ha | 855 ha | 1,260 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,907 ha | 1,680 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,344 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,940 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,982 ha | 2,662 ha | 3,350 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,491 ha | 4,960 ha | 7,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,937 ha | 4,509 ha | 6,332 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,940 ha | 3,850 ha | 5,500 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 apricots — area harvested in Egypt?
- Apricots — area harvested in Egypt was 5,500 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 7,500 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 855 ha in 1962.
- How does Egypt rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 23rd out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. 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 Apricots — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.