Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 795,595 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fruit primary — area harvested in Egypt is 795,595 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.2% on the previous year and up 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 795,595 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 113,124 ha, in 1961.
That places Egypt 16th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 113,124 ha | — |
| 1962 | 118,428 ha | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 126,895 ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 137,542 ha | +8.4% |
| 1965 | 146,309 ha | +6.4% |
| 1966 | 160,539 ha | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 163,434 ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 166,897 ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 171,356 ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 177,221 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 181,649 ha | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 185,215 ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 190,266 ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 198,617 ha | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 201,976 ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 221,967 ha | +9.9% |
| 1977 | 219,655 ha | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 228,371 ha | +4.0% |
| 1979 | 230,043 ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 238,902 ha | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 241,243 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 251,451 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 256,209 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 277,240 ha | +8.2% |
| 1985 | 290,892 ha | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 355,443 ha | +22.2% |
| 1987 | 360,290 ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 372,925 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 371,491 ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 363,152 ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 362,580 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 421,591 ha | +16.3% |
| 1993 | 421,550 ha | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 400,838 ha | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 421,600 ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 427,639 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 459,611 ha | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 454,128 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 519,672 ha | +14.4% |
| 2000 | 518,276 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 515,866 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 487,041 ha | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 491,633 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 493,787 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 513,467 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 607,331 ha | +18.3% |
| 2007 | 611,292 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 544,664 ha | -10.9% |
| 2009 | 560,304 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 575,172 ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 584,910 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 608,405 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 606,093 ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 649,016 ha | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 654,397 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 669,170 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 668,790 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 663,054 ha | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 635,667 ha | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 732,465 ha | +15.2% |
| 2021 | 712,788 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 769,606 ha | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 756,333 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 795,595 ha | +5.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 795,595 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71,505 ha, 11.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 795,595 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 71,505 ha, 11.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 144,947 ha | 113,124 ha | 171,356 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 203,498 ha | 177,221 ha | 230,043 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 301,609 ha | 238,902 ha | 372,925 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 425,236 ha | 362,580 ha | 519,672 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 534,366 ha | 487,041 ha | 611,292 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 631,467 ha | 575,172 ha | 669,170 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 753,357 ha | 712,788 ha | 795,595 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 13 Indonesia 932,632 ha compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 216,110 ha compare
- 14 France 910,449 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 158,942 ha compare
- 15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 148,111 ha compare
- 15 Colombia 879,624 ha compare
- 16 Lao People's Democratic Republic 69,137 ha compare
- 17 Pakistan 671,303 ha compare
- 17 Polynesia 16,198 ha compare
- 18 Cameroon 669,152 ha compare
- 18 Micronesia 2,699 ha compare
- 19 Russian Federation 656,715 ha compare
- 19 Timor-Leste 2,621 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 fruit primary — area harvested in Egypt?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in Egypt was 795,595 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 795,595 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 113,124 ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 16th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. 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 Fruit Primary — Area harvested. 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.