Bananas — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Bananas — Yield was 43,612 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — yield in Egypt stood at 43,612 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Egypt peaked at 47,754 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 14,106 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Egypt 13th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,704 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,487 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 18,004 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1964 | 14,106 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1965 | 19,043 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 1966 | 22,418 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1967 | 16,631 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1968 | 22,751 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 1969 | 24,074 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 21,687 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1971 | 22,614 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 23,372 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 21,857 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 23,804 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 22,218 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 21,681 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 24,158 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1978 | 20,674 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1979 | 19,591 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 21,134 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 19,835 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 23,239 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1983 | 22,354 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 21,905 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 21,014 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 19,458 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1987 | 19,468 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 22,840 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1989 | 24,306 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 28,406 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1991 | 27,772 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 27,887 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 29,410 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 32,850 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1995 | 34,456 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 37,163 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1997 | 37,766 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 38,568 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 32,365 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2000 | 34,485 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 41,015 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2002 | 41,535 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 40,873 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 41,144 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 42,812 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 43,013 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 43,831 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 44,767 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 46,799 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 45,398 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 44,871 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 45,060 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 45,892 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 46,654 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 47,754 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 43,281 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 45,112 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 44,101 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 44,000 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 43,258 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 38,177 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2022 | 37,071 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 41,802 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2024 | 43,612 kg/ha | +4.3% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 43,612 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 2.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 43,612 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 27,204 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,580 kg/ha | 14,106 kg/ha | 24,074 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,166 kg/ha | 19,591 kg/ha | 24,158 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,555 kg/ha | 19,458 kg/ha | 24,306 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,664 kg/ha | 27,772 kg/ha | 38,568 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,027 kg/ha | 34,485 kg/ha | 46,799 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,212 kg/ha | 43,281 kg/ha | 47,754 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,784 kg/ha | 37,071 kg/ha | 43,612 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 15,036 kg/ha compare
- 10 Guatemala 49,726 kg/ha compare
- 11 Republic of Korea 49,628 kg/ha compare
- 12 Spain 48,096 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 10,337 kg/ha compare
- 14 Ecuador 41,889 kg/ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 6,353 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5,322 kg/ha compare
- 15 Zimbabwe 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 16 India 39,658 kg/ha compare
- 16 Caribbean 18,031 kg/ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 5,200 kg/ha 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 — yield in Egypt?
- Bananas — yield in Egypt was 43,612 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 47,754 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,106 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Egypt rank for bananas — yield?
- Egypt ranks 13th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Yield. 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.