Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested was 8,600 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Egypt stood at 8,600 ha.
That represents a change of down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 28,790 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 7,647 ha, in 2001.
That places Egypt 9th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Flax, raw or retted — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,059 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,370 ha | -5.7% |
| 1963 | 10,944 ha | -3.7% |
| 1964 | 13,916 ha | +27.2% |
| 1965 | 10,857 ha | -22.0% |
| 1966 | 10,082 ha | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 10,108 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 15,123 ha | +49.6% |
| 1969 | 16,383 ha | +8.3% |
| 1970 | 8,417 ha | -48.6% |
| 1971 | 9,662 ha | +14.8% |
| 1972 | 14,703 ha | +52.2% |
| 1973 | 17,643 ha | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 19,744 ha | +11.9% |
| 1975 | 22,684 ha | +14.9% |
| 1976 | 19,950 ha | -12.1% |
| 1977 | 24,638 ha | +23.5% |
| 1978 | 25,211 ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 28,790 ha | +14.2% |
| 1980 | 28,570 ha | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 21,840 ha | -23.6% |
| 1982 | 15,840 ha | -27.5% |
| 1983 | 16,185 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 18,400 ha | +13.7% |
| 1985 | 16,380 ha | -11.0% |
| 1986 | 18,060 ha | +10.3% |
| 1987 | 14,700 ha | -18.6% |
| 1988 | 17,220 ha | +17.1% |
| 1989 | 17,071 ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 12,910 ha | -24.4% |
| 1991 | 18,313 ha | +41.9% |
| 1992 | 12,383 ha | -32.4% |
| 1993 | 13,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 12,881 ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 13,168 ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 13,200 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 13,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 14,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 14,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 15,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 7,647 ha | -49.0% |
| 2002 | 8,000 ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 9,600 ha | +20.0% |
| 2004 | 10,700 ha | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 11,200 ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 8,900 ha | -20.5% |
| 2007 | 9,677 ha | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 9,534 ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 9,841 ha | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 9,905 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 10,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 10,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2015 | 8,763 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 8,941 ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 8,726 ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 8,393 ha | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 8,687 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 8,602 ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 8,560 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 8,616 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 8,600 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 8,600 ha | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Flax, raw or retted — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +52.2% | 9,662 ha | 14,703 ha |
| 2001 | -49.0% | 15,000 ha | 7,647 ha |
| 1968 | +49.6% | 10,108 ha | 15,123 ha |
| 1970 | -48.6% | 16,383 ha | 8,417 ha |
| 1991 | +41.9% | 12,910 ha | 18,313 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,316 ha | 10,082 ha | 16,383 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,144 ha | 8,417 ha | 28,790 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,427 ha | 14,700 ha | 28,570 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,786 ha | 12,383 ha | 18,313 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,010 ha | 7,647 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,252 ha | 8,393 ha | 10,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,596 ha | 8,560 ha | 8,616 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 6 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,003 ha compare
- 7 Czechoslovakia 11,433 ha compare
- 8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9,900 ha compare
- 10 China 7,290 ha compare
- 11 China, mainland 6,800 ha compare
- 12 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3,540 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 flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Egypt?
- Flax, raw or retted — area harvested in Egypt was 8,600 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 28,790 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest flax, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,647 ha in 2001.
- How does Egypt rank for flax, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 9th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is flax, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. 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 Flax, raw or retted — 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.