Beeswax — Production in Egypt
Egypt: Beeswax — Production was 118.32 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Beeswax — Production in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, beeswax — production in Egypt stood at 118.32 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beeswax — production in Egypt peaked at 287 t in 1975 and was at its lowest, 82 t, in 2008.
Egypt ranks 34th of 52 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Beeswax — Production in Egypt, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 120 t | — |
| 1962 | 140 t | +16.7% |
| 1963 | 250 t | +78.6% |
| 1964 | 260 t | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 260 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 200 t | -23.1% |
| 1967 | 192 t | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 193 t | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 192 t | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 226 t | +17.7% |
| 1971 | 232 t | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 258 t | +11.2% |
| 1973 | 263 t | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 247 t | -6.1% |
| 1975 | 287 t | +16.2% |
| 1976 | 244 t | -15.0% |
| 1977 | 176 t | -27.9% |
| 1978 | 155 t | -11.9% |
| 1979 | 157 t | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 140 t | -10.8% |
| 1981 | 156 t | +11.4% |
| 1982 | 172 t | +10.3% |
| 1983 | 146 t | -15.1% |
| 1984 | 107 t | -26.7% |
| 1985 | 151 t | +41.1% |
| 1986 | 151 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 192 t | +27.2% |
| 1988 | 183 t | -4.7% |
| 1989 | 201 t | +9.8% |
| 1990 | 226 t | +12.4% |
| 1991 | 159 t | -29.6% |
| 1992 | 97 t | -39.0% |
| 1993 | 126 t | +29.9% |
| 1994 | 122 t | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 98 t | -19.7% |
| 1996 | 109 t | +11.2% |
| 1997 | 127 t | +16.5% |
| 1998 | 141 t | +11.0% |
| 1999 | 133 t | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 140 t | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 104 t | -25.7% |
| 2002 | 84 t | -19.2% |
| 2003 | 98 t | +16.7% |
| 2004 | 109 t | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 105 t | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 105 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 107 t | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 82 t | -23.4% |
| 2009 | 172 t | +109.8% |
| 2010 | 169 t | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 180 t | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 175 t | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 148 t | -15.4% |
| 2014 | 115 t | -22.3% |
| 2015 | 94 t | -18.3% |
| 2016 | 101 t | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 132 t | +30.7% |
| 2018 | 121 t | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 107 t | -11.6% |
| 2020 | 129 t | +20.6% |
| 2021 | 109 t | -15.5% |
| 2022 | 113.93 t | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 119.37 t | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 118.32 t | -0.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 118.32 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 132 t, 90% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beeswax — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +109.8% | 82 t | 172 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 200.78 t | 120 t | 260 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 224.5 t | 155 t | 287 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 159.9 t | 107 t | 201 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 133.8 t | 97 t | 226 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 110.6 t | 82 t | 172 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 134.2 t | 94 t | 180 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 117.92 t | 109 t | 129 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
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 beeswax — production in Egypt?
- Beeswax — production in Egypt was 118.32 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beeswax — production recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 287 t in 1975.
- What is the lowest beeswax — production recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 82 t in 2008.
- How does Egypt rank for beeswax — production?
- Egypt ranks 34th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beeswax — production rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beeswax — 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.