Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 987.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Egypt stood at 987.4 kg/ha.
The figure is down 6.8% on the previous year and up 37.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Egypt peaked at 1,072 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 427.3 kg/ha, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 49th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 427.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 668.5 kg/ha | +56.4% |
| 1963 | 672.6 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 738.8 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1965 | 655.6 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1966 | 585.7 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1967 | 626.8 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 697.1 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1969 | 767 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 738 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 795.5 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1972 | 778.3 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 727 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1974 | 705.8 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 663.7 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 738.2 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1977 | 666.2 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1978 | 850.4 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1979 | 910.1 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 951.5 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 946.3 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 952.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 898.4 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1984 | 895.6 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 929 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 895.9 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 848.2 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 745.1 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1989 | 697.3 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1990 | 716.4 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 807.1 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1992 | 965.8 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1993 | 1,020 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 795.3 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1995 | 762.5 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 874.1 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1997 | 898 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 679.6 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1999 | 809.7 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2000 | 898.7 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2001 | 953 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 907 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 858.8 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 920.9 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 727.4 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2006 | 927.1 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 2007 | 904.2 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 864.1 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 840.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 864.6 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 1,017 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2012 | 752.9 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 2013 | 757.5 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 716.2 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2015 | 596.5 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2016 | 933.2 kg/ha | +56.4% |
| 2017 | 994.6 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 1,058 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 987 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 763.6 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2021 | 1,068 kg/ha | +39.9% |
| 2022 | 1,072 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,060 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 987.4 kg/ha | -6.8% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 987.4 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 550.1 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 987.4 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 507 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 648.82 kg/ha | 427.3 kg/ha | 767 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 757.32 kg/ha | 663.7 kg/ha | 910.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 876.02 kg/ha | 697.3 kg/ha | 952.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 832.86 kg/ha | 679.6 kg/ha | 1,020 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 880.16 kg/ha | 727.4 kg/ha | 953 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 867.74 kg/ha | 596.5 kg/ha | 1,058 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 990.04 kg/ha | 763.6 kg/ha | 1,072 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Egypt?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Egypt was 987.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1,072 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 427.3 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Egypt ranks 49th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.9%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.