Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 60,350 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Egypt stood at 60,350 ha.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 65,653 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6,301 ha, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 4th of 97 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,301 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,721 ha | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 7,561 ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 7,982 ha | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 7,982 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,735 ha | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 8,797 ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 9,662 ha | +9.8% |
| 1969 | 9,700 ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 10,082 ha | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 10,082 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 9,662 ha | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 9,242 ha | -4.3% |
| 1974 | 10,082 ha | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 10,388 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 10,520 ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 11,619 ha | +10.4% |
| 1978 | 13,311 ha | +14.6% |
| 1979 | 14,685 ha | +10.3% |
| 1980 | 13,523 ha | -7.9% |
| 1981 | 13,992 ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 14,325 ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 14,283 ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 12,600 ha | -11.8% |
| 1985 | 14,700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 18,900 ha | +28.6% |
| 1987 | 18,060 ha | -4.4% |
| 1988 | 16,803 ha | -7.0% |
| 1989 | 16,803 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 17,223 ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 19,061 ha | +10.7% |
| 1992 | 16,818 ha | -11.8% |
| 1993 | 16,900 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 18,500 ha | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 19,062 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 25,263 ha | +32.5% |
| 1997 | 27,500 ha | +8.9% |
| 1998 | 28,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 32,530 ha | +16.2% |
| 2001 | 30,944 ha | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 36,122 ha | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 43,410 ha | +20.2% |
| 2004 | 43,151 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 46,130 ha | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 46,440 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 47,346 ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 48,360 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 46,883 ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 46,538 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 45,020 ha | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 45,251 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 46,974 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 49,713 ha | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 48,679 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 48,411 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 47,522 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 43,757 ha | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 49,897 ha | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 46,890 ha | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 42,288 ha | -9.8% |
| 2022 | 65,653 ha | +55.3% |
| 2023 | 61,886 ha | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 60,350 ha | -2.5% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 60,350 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,094 ha, 55.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 60,350 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 845 ha, 71.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +55.3% | 42,288 ha | 65,653 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,160 ha | 6,301 ha | 9,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,967 ha | 9,242 ha | 14,685 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,399 ha | 12,600 ha | 18,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,633 ha | 16,818 ha | 28,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,132 ha | 30,944 ha | 48,360 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 47,176 ha | 43,757 ha | 49,897 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 55,413 ha | 42,288 ha | 65,653 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 1 China 813,704 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 812,423 ha compare
- 3 India 683,138 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19,753 ha compare
- 4 Türkiye 16,073 ha compare
- 5 Guinea 59,398 ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 8,170 ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 47,674 ha compare
- 7 Bangladesh 42,045 ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5,716 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 eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Egypt?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Egypt was 60,350 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 65,653 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,301 ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 4th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.