Dates — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Dates — Yield was 20,365 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Dates — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 20,365 kg/ha for dates — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 6.4% on the previous year and down 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, dates — yield in Egypt peaked at 37,788 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 15,450 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Egypt 3rd out of 37 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Dates — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,950 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,050 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1963 | 22,013 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1964 | 16,363 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1965 | 19,286 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1966 | 15,859 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1967 | 15,946 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 15,450 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 20,050 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1970 | 16,950 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1971 | 17,050 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 19,850 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1973 | 19,050 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 19,810 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 20,755 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 20,849 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 23,054 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1978 | 18,850 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1979 | 20,300 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 22,300 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1981 | 19,536 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1982 | 20,930 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 21,364 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 20,609 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 21,208 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 21,348 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 22,583 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 23,524 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 22,863 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 24,842 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1991 | 22,352 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 21,991 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1993 | 28,348 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 1994 | 25,185 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1995 | 26,428 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 27,042 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 26,458 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 28,959 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1999 | 32,132 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2000 | 34,736 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 37,788 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2002 | 36,785 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 34,137 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2004 | 33,775 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 32,080 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 37,136 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2007 | 36,041 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 36,009 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 34,408 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 32,255 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 32,977 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 36,363 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 35,031 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 33,268 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 34,686 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 31,132 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2017 | 30,662 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 32,871 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 33,000 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 33,852 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 28,872 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2022 | 24,829 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2023 | 21,763 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2024 | 20,365 kg/ha | -6.4% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 20,365 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,861 kg/ha, 7.1× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 20,365 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 7,369 kg/ha, 2.8× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,774 kg/ha | 15,450 kg/ha | 23,950 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,652 kg/ha | 16,950 kg/ha | 23,054 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,626 kg/ha | 19,536 kg/ha | 23,524 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,374 kg/ha | 21,991 kg/ha | 32,132 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,289 kg/ha | 32,080 kg/ha | 37,788 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,225 kg/ha | 30,662 kg/ha | 36,363 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,936 kg/ha | 20,365 kg/ha | 33,852 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 dates — yield in Egypt?
- Dates — yield in Egypt was 20,365 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest dates — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 37,788 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest dates — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,450 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Egypt rank for dates — yield?
- Egypt ranks 3rd out of 37 countries with data for 2024.
- Is dates — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.8%. 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 Dates — Yield. 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.