Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Egypt
Egypt: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 1,122 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Egypt, 1984–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Egypt stood at 1,122 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Egypt peaked at 1,135 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 250 ha, in 1987.
That places Egypt 36th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 41 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 320 ha | — |
| 1985 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 250 ha | -21.9% |
| 1988 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 320 ha | +28.0% |
| 1991 | 420 ha | +31.2% |
| 1992 | 650 ha | +54.8% |
| 1993 | 651 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 642 ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 656 ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 669 ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 682 ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 700 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 708 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 720 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 731 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 742 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 743 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 752 ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 763 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 733 ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 773 ha | +5.5% |
| 2008 | 800 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 863 ha | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 917 ha | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 971 ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 1,050 ha | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 1,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,039 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 1,054 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,073 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 1,096 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 1,115 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 1,135 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 1,115 ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 1,122 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 1,124 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,120 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,122 ha | +0.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 1,122 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,327 ha, 48% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 1,122 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 962 ha, 1.2× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +54.8% | 420 ha | 650 ha |
| 1991 | +31.2% | 320 ha | 420 ha |
| 1990 | +28.0% | 250 ha | 320 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 285 ha | 250 ha | 320 ha | 6 |
| 1990s | 609.8 ha | 320 ha | 708 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 762 ha | 720 ha | 863 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,050 ha | 917 ha | 1,135 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,121 ha | 1,115 ha | 1,124 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
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 edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Egypt?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Egypt was 1,122 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1,135 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 250 ha in 1987.
- How does Egypt rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Egypt ranks 36th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. 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 Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — 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.