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 59 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Lentils, dry — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,293 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,680 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1963 | 1,432 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1964 | 1,584 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1965 | 1,642 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 1,398 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1967 | 1,227 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1968 | 1,602 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1969 | 1,242 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1970 | 1,671 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1971 | 1,818 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1972 | 1,919 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1973 | 1,994 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 1,825 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 1,610 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1976 | 1,423 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1977 | 1,186 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1978 | 1,052 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1979 | 974 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 1,020 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1981 | 1,018 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 1,186 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1983 | 1,167 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 1,405 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1985 | 1,548 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1986 | 1,556 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 1,800 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1988 | 1,879 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 1,961 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 2,039 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 1,765 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1992 | 1,723 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 1,875 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1994 | 1,348 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1995 | 1,288 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 1,715 kg/ha | +33.1% |
| 1997 | 1,693 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 1,707 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 1,745 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 1,674 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 1,679 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,703 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 1,625 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 1,761 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 1,771 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 1,953 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 1,949 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,028 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 1,853 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2010 | 1,578 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2011 | 1,693 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 2,121 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2013 | 2,030 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 2,056 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 2,042 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 2,064 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 2,258 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2018 | 2,416 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2019 | 2,205 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 2,332 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 2,431 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 2,390 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 2,552 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2024 | 2,539 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 2,539 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 884.4 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 2,539 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 807.55 kg/ha, 3.1× the median. (12 countries reporting)
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
- 1 Türkiye 1,672 kg/ha compare
- 2 China 2,574 kg/ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 2,574 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 1,002 kg/ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 603.6 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, 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 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 59 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.