Cereals, primary — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Cereals, primary — Yield was 7,360 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Egypt stood at 7,360 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Egypt peaked at 7,556 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 2,906 kg/ha, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 12th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,906 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,260 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1963 | 3,313 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 3,330 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 3,776 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1966 | 3,566 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 3,557 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 3,627 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 3,717 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 3,912 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 3,912 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,951 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 4,080 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 3,840 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 3,978 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 3,941 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 3,924 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 4,019 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 3,964 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 4,094 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 4,100 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 4,204 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 4,321 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 4,348 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 4,539 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 4,696 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 4,892 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 5,029 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 5,338 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 5,703 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1991 | 5,613 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 5,898 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 5,995 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 5,861 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 5,904 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 6,499 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1997 | 6,606 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 6,797 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 7,167 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 7,280 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 7,099 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 7,446 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 7,515 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 7,556 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 7,537 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 7,500 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 7,418 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 7,452 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 7,158 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 6,504 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 7,246 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2012 | 7,269 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 7,285 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 7,085 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 7,117 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 7,252 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 7,401 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 6,776 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2019 | 6,044 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2020 | 7,164 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2021 | 7,336 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 7,078 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 7,356 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 7,360 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 7,360 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,947 kg/ha, 3.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 7,360 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,635 kg/ha, 2.8× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,450 kg/ha | 2,906 kg/ha | 3,776 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,952 kg/ha | 3,840 kg/ha | 4,080 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,556 kg/ha | 4,094 kg/ha | 5,338 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,204 kg/ha | 5,613 kg/ha | 7,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,396 kg/ha | 7,099 kg/ha | 7,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,998 kg/ha | 6,044 kg/ha | 7,401 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,259 kg/ha | 7,078 kg/ha | 7,360 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 9 Belgium-Luxembourg 8,134 kg/ha compare
- 9 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,725 kg/ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 2,406 kg/ha compare
- 10 Réunion 7,783 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bahamas 7,737 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,209 kg/ha compare
- 13 Ireland 7,325 kg/ha compare
- 13 Timor-Leste 2,112 kg/ha compare
- 14 Belgium 6,856 kg/ha compare
- 14 United Republic of Tanzania 1,872 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,716 kg/ha compare
- 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6,806 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 1,716 kg/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 cereals, primary — yield in Egypt?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Egypt was 7,360 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 7,556 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,906 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Egypt ranks 12th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. 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 — Yield. 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.