Barley — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Barley — Yield was 4,091 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Egypt stood at 4,091 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 142.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Egypt peaked at 4,176 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,315 kg/ha, in 2012.
That places Egypt 31st out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,612 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,661 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 2,649 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 2,685 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 2,464 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1966 | 2,490 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 1,762 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1968 | 1,938 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1969 | 1,887 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 2,272 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1971 | 2,412 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 2,675 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1973 | 2,678 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 2,744 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 2,825 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 2,750 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 2,754 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 2,713 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 2,702 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 2,666 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 2,697 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 2,632 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 2,591 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 2,722 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 2,762 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 3,036 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1987 | 3,149 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 3,210 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 2,778 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1990 | 2,662 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 1,874 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 1992 | 2,248 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 2,199 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 2,083 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 1,958 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 2,684 kg/ha | +37.1% |
| 1997 | 2,176 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1998 | 2,467 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1999 | 2,015 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2000 | 2,033 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 3,039 kg/ha | +49.5% |
| 2002 | 3,054 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 2,886 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 2,743 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 2,701 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 1,697 kg/ha | -37.2% |
| 2007 | 1,732 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 1,953 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2009 | 1,563 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 1,335 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2011 | 1,811 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 2012 | 1,315 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 2013 | 1,670 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 2014 | 1,690 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 3,852 kg/ha | +127.9% |
| 2016 | 3,967 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 4,021 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 3,659 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 3,741 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 3,777 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 3,908 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 4,176 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 4,096 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 4,091 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 4,091 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,064 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 4,091 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 3.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Barley — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +127.9% | 1,690 kg/ha | 3,852 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +49.5% | 2,033 kg/ha | 3,039 kg/ha |
| 2006 | -37.2% | 2,701 kg/ha | 1,697 kg/ha |
| 1996 | +37.1% | 1,958 kg/ha | 2,684 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +35.7% | 1,335 kg/ha | 1,811 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,350 kg/ha | 1,762 kg/ha | 2,685 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,653 kg/ha | 2,272 kg/ha | 2,825 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,824 kg/ha | 2,591 kg/ha | 3,210 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,237 kg/ha | 1,874 kg/ha | 2,684 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,340 kg/ha | 1,563 kg/ha | 3,054 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,706 kg/ha | 1,315 kg/ha | 4,021 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,010 kg/ha | 3,777 kg/ha | 4,176 kg/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 — yield in Egypt?
- Barley — yield in Egypt was 4,091 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 4,176 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,315 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Egypt rank for barley — yield?
- Egypt ranks 31st out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 142.0%. 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 Barley — 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.