Lentils, dry — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Lentils, dry — Yield was 2,539 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lentils, dry — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 2,539 kg/ha for lentils, dry — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lentils, dry — yield in Egypt peaked at 2,552 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 974 kg/ha, in 1979.
Egypt ranks 4th of 63 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,456 kg/ha | 1,227 kg/ha | 1,680 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,547 kg/ha | 974 kg/ha | 1,994 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,454 kg/ha | 1,018 kg/ha | 1,961 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,690 kg/ha | 1,288 kg/ha | 2,039 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,800 kg/ha | 1,625 kg/ha | 2,028 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,046 kg/ha | 1,578 kg/ha | 2,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,449 kg/ha | 2,332 kg/ha | 2,552 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 1 Germany 5,000 kg/ha compare
- 2 China 2,574 kg/ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 2,574 kg/ha compare
- 5 New Zealand 2,470 kg/ha compare
- 6 Yugoslav SFR 2,165 kg/ha compare
- 7 Croatia 2,086 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture share gdp 16.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
- Rural population 57.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 67.58 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 60.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.25 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lentils, dry — yield in Egypt?
- Lentils, dry — yield in Egypt was 2,539 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 2,552 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest lentils, dry — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 974 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Egypt rank for lentils, dry — yield?
- Egypt ranks 4th out of 63 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lentils, dry — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. 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 Lentils, dry — Yield. 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.