Cereals, primary — Production in Egypt
Egypt: Cereals, primary — Production was 24.00 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — production in Egypt stood at 24.00 million t.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Egypt peaked at 24.12 million t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 5.01 million t, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 25th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in Egypt, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.01 million t | — |
| 1962 | 6.44 million t | +28.6% |
| 1963 | 6.44 million t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6.35 million t | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 6.14 million t | -3.4% |
| 1966 | 6.48 million t | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 6.74 million t | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 7.45 million t | +10.6% |
| 1969 | 7.14 million t | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 7.48 million t | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 7.54 million t | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 7.49 million t | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 7.67 million t | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 7.68 million t | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 8.13 million t | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 8.19 million t | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 7.45 million t | -9.0% |
| 1978 | 8.22 million t | +10.2% |
| 1979 | 8.06 million t | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 8.10 million t | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 8.24 million t | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 8.52 million t | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 8.70 million t | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 8.46 million t | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 8.56 million t | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 8.75 million t | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 9.45 million t | +7.9% |
| 1988 | 9.76 million t | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 11.13 million t | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 13.02 million t | +17.0% |
| 1991 | 13.86 million t | +6.5% |
| 1992 | 14.61 million t | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 14.96 million t | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 15.01 million t | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 16.10 million t | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 16.54 million t | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 18.07 million t | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 17.96 million t | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 19.40 million t | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 20.11 million t | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 18.56 million t | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 20.19 million t | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 20.68 million t | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 20.82 million t | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 22.42 million t | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 22.52 million t | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 21.60 million t | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 23.74 million t | +9.9% |
| 2009 | 22.76 million t | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 19.46 million t | -14.5% |
| 2011 | 22.01 million t | +13.1% |
| 2012 | 23.76 million t | +7.9% |
| 2013 | 24.12 million t | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 23.32 million t | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 23.14 million t | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 23.39 million t | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 22.92 million t | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 17.57 million t | -23.4% |
| 2019 | 21.92 million t | +24.8% |
| 2020 | 22.46 million t | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 23.10 million t | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 22.01 million t | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 23.80 million t | +8.1% |
| 2024 | 24.00 million t | +0.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 24.00 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.54 million t, 15.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 24.00 million t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 208,368 t, 115.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.47 million t | 5.01 million t | 7.45 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.79 million t | 7.45 million t | 8.22 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.97 million t | 8.10 million t | 11.13 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 15.95 million t | 13.02 million t | 19.40 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.34 million t | 18.56 million t | 23.74 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.16 million t | 17.57 million t | 24.12 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.07 million t | 22.01 million t | 24.00 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 22 Nigeria 28.47 million t compare
- 23 Philippines 27.23 million t compare
- 24 Kazakhstan 24.57 million t compare
- 26 Spain 20.86 million t compare
- 27 Côte d'Ivoire 4.17 million t compare
- 27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 19.44 million t compare
- 28 Yugoslav SFR 19.26 million t compare
- 28 Caribbean 1.69 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0355 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0355 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Egypt?
- Cereals, primary — production in Egypt was 24.00 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 24.12 million t in 2013.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.01 million t in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Egypt ranks 25th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — 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 rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.