Barley — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Barley — Area harvested was 22,000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Barley — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in Egypt stood at 22,000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 23.4% on the previous year and down 63.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 188,143 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 22,000 ha, in 2022.
Egypt ranks 73rd of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Barley — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,892 ha | — |
| 1962 | 54,976 ha | +8.0% |
| 1963 | 50,725 ha | -7.7% |
| 1964 | 52,951 ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 52,595 ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 41,000 ha | -22.0% |
| 1967 | 64,700 ha | +57.8% |
| 1968 | 65,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 62,000 ha | -4.6% |
| 1970 | 36,967 ha | -40.4% |
| 1971 | 31,926 ha | -13.6% |
| 1972 | 40,748 ha | +27.6% |
| 1973 | 36,128 ha | -11.3% |
| 1974 | 32,346 ha | -10.5% |
| 1975 | 41,830 ha | +29.3% |
| 1976 | 44,794 ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 40,627 ha | -9.3% |
| 1978 | 49,103 ha | +20.9% |
| 1979 | 45,298 ha | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 40,122 ha | -11.4% |
| 1981 | 38,310 ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 45,898 ha | +19.8% |
| 1983 | 50,825 ha | +10.7% |
| 1984 | 53,100 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 52,500 ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 55,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 47,000 ha | -14.5% |
| 1988 | 37,387 ha | -20.5% |
| 1989 | 49,679 ha | +32.9% |
| 1990 | 53,350 ha | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 64,575 ha | +21.0% |
| 1992 | 104,089 ha | +61.2% |
| 1993 | 60,410 ha | -42.0% |
| 1994 | 62,129 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 188,143 ha | +202.8% |
| 1996 | 44,524 ha | -76.3% |
| 1997 | 57,705 ha | +29.6% |
| 1998 | 60,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 56,764 ha | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 48,896 ha | -13.9% |
| 2001 | 30,899 ha | -36.8% |
| 2002 | 33,007 ha | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 49,009 ha | +48.5% |
| 2004 | 59,454 ha | +21.3% |
| 2005 | 61,830 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 90,115 ha | +45.7% |
| 2007 | 102,940 ha | +14.2% |
| 2008 | 76,432 ha | -25.8% |
| 2009 | 94,980 ha | +24.3% |
| 2010 | 87,752 ha | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 67,520 ha | -23.1% |
| 2012 | 82,504 ha | +22.2% |
| 2013 | 78,960 ha | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 60,480 ha | -23.4% |
| 2015 | 26,132 ha | -56.8% |
| 2016 | 25,147 ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 24,292 ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 22,519 ha | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 28,600 ha | +27.0% |
| 2020 | 28,871 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 22,428 ha | -22.3% |
| 2022 | 22,000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 28,713 ha | +30.5% |
| 2024 | 22,000 ha | -23.4% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 22,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,929 ha, 1.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 22,000 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 25,000 ha, 88% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +202.8% | 62,129 ha | 188,143 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54,982 ha | 41,000 ha | 65,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39,977 ha | 31,926 ha | 49,103 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,982 ha | 37,387 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 75,169 ha | 44,524 ha | 188,143 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 64,756 ha | 30,899 ha | 102,940 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,391 ha | 22,519 ha | 87,752 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,802 ha | 22,000 ha | 28,871 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 barley — area harvested in Egypt?
- Barley — area harvested in Egypt was 22,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 188,143 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,000 ha in 2022.
- How does Egypt rank for barley — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 73rd out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — 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.