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 4,681 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
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 kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Egypt is 4,681 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Egypt peaked at 5,952 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 4,062 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Egypt 64th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling 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 | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 5,312 kg/ha | — |
| 1985 | 4,062 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1986 | 5,000 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1987 | 4,400 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1988 | 5,000 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1989 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,625 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 5,952 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 5,385 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 5,534 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 5,451 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 5,485 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 5,456 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 5,428 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 5,357 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 5,364 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 5,330 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 5,296 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 5,258 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 5,222 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 5,182 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 5,137 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 5,092 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 5,047 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 5,001 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 4,955 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 4,908 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 4,860 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 4,762 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 4,762 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,726 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 4,700 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 4,661 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 4,613 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 4,576 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 4,537 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 4,672 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 4,722 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 4,643 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 4,679 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 4,681 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4,796 kg/ha | 4,062 kg/ha | 5,312 kg/ha | 6 |
| 1990s | 5,504 kg/ha | 5,357 kg/ha | 5,952 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,152 kg/ha | 4,955 kg/ha | 5,330 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,710 kg/ha | 4,537 kg/ha | 4,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,679 kg/ha | 4,643 kg/ha | 4,722 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 4,681 kg/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 5,952 kg/ha in 1991.
- 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 4,062 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Egypt rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Egypt ranks 64th 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 down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — 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.