Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested was 889 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Egypt stood at 889 ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 5,500 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 710 ha, in 2008.
That places Egypt 10th out of 21 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Jute, raw or retted — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,900 ha | +38.1% |
| 1970 | 5,000 ha | +72.4% |
| 1971 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 4,800 ha | -12.7% |
| 1973 | 4,600 ha | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 3,900 ha | -15.2% |
| 1975 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,400 ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 3,500 ha | -22.2% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | -42.9% |
| 1983 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,600 ha | -20.0% |
| 1991 | 1,100 ha | -31.2% |
| 1992 | 750 ha | -31.8% |
| 1993 | 760 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 780 ha | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 800 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 950 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,100 ha | +15.8% |
| 2002 | 920 ha | -16.4% |
| 2003 | 860 ha | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 1,080 ha | +25.6% |
| 2005 | 990 ha | -8.3% |
| 2006 | 850 ha | -14.1% |
| 2007 | 820 ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 710 ha | -13.4% |
| 2009 | 710 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 850 ha | +19.7% |
| 2011 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 926 ha | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 902 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 943 ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 923 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 903 ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 900 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 899 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 897 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 891 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 890 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 889 ha | -0.1% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 889 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,738 ha, 51% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Jute, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +72.4% | 2,900 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 1982 | -42.9% | 3,500 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1969 | +38.1% | 2,100 ha | 2,900 ha |
| 1992 | -31.8% | 1,100 ha | 750 ha |
| 1991 | -31.2% | 1,600 ha | 1,100 ha |
| 2004 | +25.6% | 860 ha | 1,080 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,133 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,500 ha | 3,900 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,400 ha | 2,000 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 944 ha | 750 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 899 ha | 710 ha | 1,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 924.7 ha | 850 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 893.2 ha | 889 ha | 899 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 8 Uzbekistan 1,738 ha compare
- 9 South Sudan 1,596 ha compare
- 11 Brazil 708 ha compare
- 12 Ethiopia PDR 300 ha compare
- 13 Cameroon 280 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 jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Egypt?
- Jute, raw or retted — area harvested in Egypt was 889 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest jute, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 5,500 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest jute, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 710 ha in 2008.
- How does Egypt rank for jute, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 10th out of 21 countries with data for 2024.
- Is jute, raw or retted — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. 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 Jute, 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.