Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested was 3,942 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Egypt stood at 3,942 ha.
The figure is up 67.2% on the previous year and down 84.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 25,069 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 110 ha, in 1983.
That places Egypt 16th out of 61 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.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 840 ha | — |
| 1962 | 420 ha | -50.0% |
| 1963 | 840 ha | +100.0% |
| 1964 | 840 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 420 ha | -50.0% |
| 1966 | 581 ha | +38.3% |
| 1967 | 420 ha | -27.7% |
| 1968 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 840 ha | +100.0% |
| 1974 | 420 ha | -50.0% |
| 1975 | 840 ha | +100.0% |
| 1976 | 294 ha | -65.0% |
| 1977 | 385 ha | +31.0% |
| 1978 | 456 ha | +18.4% |
| 1979 | 151 ha | -66.9% |
| 1980 | 196 ha | +29.8% |
| 1981 | 140 ha | -28.6% |
| 1982 | 139 ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 110 ha | -20.9% |
| 1984 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 330 ha | +200.0% |
| 1986 | 110 ha | -66.7% |
| 1987 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 160 ha | +45.5% |
| 1989 | 220 ha | +37.5% |
| 1990 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 773 ha | +236.1% |
| 1992 | 235 ha | -69.6% |
| 1993 | 240 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 235 ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 240 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 245 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 1,900 ha | +675.5% |
| 1998 | 3,600 ha | +89.5% |
| 1999 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 12,250 ha | +240.3% |
| 2004 | 12,200 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 9,700 ha | -20.5% |
| 2006 | 9,670 ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 9,840 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 8,550 ha | -13.1% |
| 2009 | 18,914 ha | +121.2% |
| 2010 | 7,640 ha | -59.6% |
| 2011 | 6,281 ha | -17.8% |
| 2012 | 24,307 ha | +287.0% |
| 2013 | 24,008 ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 25,069 ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 24,911 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 21,397 ha | -14.1% |
| 2017 | 17,685 ha | -17.3% |
| 2018 | 17,399 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 18,174 ha | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 18,704 ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 10,850 ha | -42.0% |
| 2022 | 2,828 ha | -73.9% |
| 2023 | 2,358 ha | -16.6% |
| 2024 | 3,942 ha | +67.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 577.89 ha | 420 ha | 840 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 464.6 ha | 151 ha | 840 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 162.5 ha | 110 ha | 330 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,130 ha | 230 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,192 ha | 3,600 ha | 18,914 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,687 ha | 6,281 ha | 25,069 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,736 ha | 2,358 ha | 18,704 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Egypt?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested in Egypt was 3,942 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 25,069 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 110 ha in 1983.
- How does Egypt rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 16th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 84.3%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, green — Area harvested. 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.