Cabbages — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Cabbages — Area harvested was 19,049 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cabbages — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cabbages — area harvested in Egypt is 19,049 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 22,977 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 9,038 ha, in 1962.
That places Egypt 20th out of 148 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.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,740 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,038 ha | -7.2% |
| 1963 | 9,432 ha | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 10,512 ha | +11.5% |
| 1965 | 10,000 ha | -4.9% |
| 1966 | 9,847 ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 9,191 ha | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 10,922 ha | +18.8% |
| 1969 | 11,762 ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 11,342 ha | -3.6% |
| 1971 | 11,762 ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 12,602 ha | +7.1% |
| 1973 | 13,022 ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 13,863 ha | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 14,283 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 14,283 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 14,385 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 14,576 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 14,858 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 15,080 ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 15,442 ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 15,329 ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 15,960 ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 14,700 ha | -7.9% |
| 1985 | 15,540 ha | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 15,960 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 15,120 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 16,380 ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 13,862 ha | -15.4% |
| 1990 | 13,741 ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 15,170 ha | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 15,729 ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 15,715 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 17,640 ha | +12.2% |
| 1995 | 17,369 ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 16,542 ha | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 17,084 ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 18,003 ha | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 17,136 ha | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 19,801 ha | +15.6% |
| 2001 | 19,720 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 18,749 ha | -4.9% |
| 2003 | 22,541 ha | +20.2% |
| 2004 | 18,790 ha | -16.6% |
| 2005 | 18,040 ha | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 19,850 ha | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 20,420 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 21,120 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 22,946 ha | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 22,977 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 20,939 ha | -8.9% |
| 2012 | 21,383 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 18,897 ha | -11.6% |
| 2014 | 17,205 ha | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 19,385 ha | +12.7% |
| 2016 | 17,226 ha | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 16,341 ha | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 15,116 ha | -7.5% |
| 2019 | 17,884 ha | +18.3% |
| 2020 | 16,580 ha | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 16,327 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 17,846 ha | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 19,609 ha | +9.9% |
| 2024 | 19,049 ha | -2.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 19,049 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,752 ha, 6.9× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 19,049 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 856 ha, 22.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,049 ha | 9,038 ha | 11,762 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,498 ha | 11,342 ha | 14,858 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,337 ha | 13,862 ha | 16,380 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,413 ha | 13,741 ha | 18,003 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,198 ha | 18,040 ha | 22,946 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,735 ha | 15,116 ha | 22,977 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,882 ha | 16,327 ha | 19,609 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 17 Niger 21,323 ha compare
- 17 Polynesia 42 ha compare
- 18 Uzbekistan 19,412 ha compare
- 18 Micronesia 0 ha
- 19 Romania 19,130 ha compare
- 21 Kazakhstan 16,372 ha compare
- 22 China, Taiwan Province of 16,254 ha compare
- 23 Poland 14,900 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 cabbages — area harvested in Egypt?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Egypt was 19,049 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 22,977 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,038 ha in 1962.
- How does Egypt rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 20th out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. 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 Cabbages — 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.