Bananas — Production in Egypt
Egypt: Bananas — Production was 1.25 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Production in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — production in Egypt is 1.25 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.8% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — production in Egypt peaked at 1.37 million t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 49,682 t, in 1964.
That places Egypt 20th out of 142 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Production in Egypt, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 65,708 t | — |
| 1962 | 57,342 t | -12.7% |
| 1963 | 55,524 t | -3.2% |
| 1964 | 49,682 t | -10.5% |
| 1965 | 64,005 t | +28.8% |
| 1966 | 85,413 t | +33.4% |
| 1967 | 65,859 t | -22.9% |
| 1968 | 86,000 t | +30.6% |
| 1969 | 91,000 t | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 82,000 t | -9.9% |
| 1971 | 95,000 t | +15.9% |
| 1972 | 108,000 t | +13.7% |
| 1973 | 101,000 t | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 110,000 t | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 112,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 111,786 t | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 126,927 t | +13.5% |
| 1978 | 113,394 t | -10.7% |
| 1979 | 112,552 t | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 133,295 t | +18.4% |
| 1981 | 136,525 t | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 165,000 t | +20.9% |
| 1983 | 169,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 184,000 t | +8.9% |
| 1985 | 203,000 t | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 237,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 278,000 t | +17.3% |
| 1988 | 355,000 t | +27.7% |
| 1989 | 388,000 t | +9.3% |
| 1990 | 415,495 t | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 392,887 t | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 396,497 t | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 405,237 t | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 459,012 t | +13.3% |
| 1995 | 498,679 t | +8.6% |
| 1996 | 570,457 t | +14.4% |
| 1997 | 635,000 t | +11.3% |
| 1998 | 655,570 t | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 728,999 t | +11.2% |
| 2000 | 760,505 t | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 849,293 t | +11.7% |
| 2002 | 877,588 t | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 870,886 t | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 875,123 t | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 922,600 t | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 855,090 t | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 945,429 t | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 1.06 million t | +12.4% |
| 2009 | 1.12 million t | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 1.03 million t | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 1.05 million t | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 1.13 million t | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 1.16 million t | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1.28 million t | +10.8% |
| 2015 | 1.31 million t | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 1.21 million t | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 1.37 million t | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 1.29 million t | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 1.33 million t | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 1.35 million t | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.19 million t | -12.0% |
| 2022 | 1.21 million t | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 1.36 million t | +12.0% |
| 2024 | 1.25 million t | -7.8% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 1.25 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 183,117 t, 6.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 1.25 million t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 26,812 t, 46.7× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,948 t | 49,682 t | 91,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 107,266 t | 82,000 t | 126,927 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 224,882 t | 133,295 t | 388,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 515,783 t | 392,887 t | 728,999 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 913,948 t | 760,505 t | 1.12 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.22 million t | 1.03 million t | 1.37 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.27 million t | 1.19 million t | 1.36 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 17 Dominican Republic 2.04 million t compare
- 17 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,041 t compare
- 18 Thailand 1.30 million t compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 559.59 t compare
- 19 Papua New Guinea 1.27 million t compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 534,243 t compare
- 21 Burundi 1.21 million t compare
- 22 Ethiopia 1.19 million t compare
- 23 Malawi 1.13 million t compare
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 bananas — production in Egypt?
- Bananas — production in Egypt was 1.25 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — production recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1.37 million t in 2017.
- What is the lowest bananas — production recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,682 t in 1964.
- How does Egypt rank for bananas — production?
- Egypt ranks 20th out of 142 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — production rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. 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 Bananas — Production. 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.