Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 950,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 950,000 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 1.53 million ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 526,000 ha, in 1965.
That places Egypt 36th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 673,399 ha | — |
| 1962 | 769,464 ha | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 722,958 ha | -6.0% |
| 1964 | 697,858 ha | -3.5% |
| 1965 | 526,000 ha | -24.6% |
| 1966 | 662,000 ha | +25.9% |
| 1967 | 628,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 1968 | 655,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 626,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 1970 | 633,481 ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 641,042 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 646,083 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 695,652 ha | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 737,950 ha | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 768,640 ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 794,677 ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 741,467 ha | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 797,222 ha | +7.5% |
| 1979 | 791,554 ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 800,440 ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 808,009 ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 812,832 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 820,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 830,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 804,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 723,000 ha | -10.1% |
| 1987 | 760,765 ha | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 823,357 ha | +8.2% |
| 1989 | 841,840 ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 830,174 ha | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 868,808 ha | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 826,297 ha | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 829,065 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 865,482 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 735,874 ha | -15.0% |
| 1996 | 742,966 ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 814,336 ha | +9.6% |
| 1998 | 876,987 ha | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 817,224 ha | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 843,029 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 873,035 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 828,132 ha | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 834,103 ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 788,520 ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 868,210 ha | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 761,524 ha | -12.3% |
| 2007 | 775,910 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 936,254 ha | +20.7% |
| 2009 | 983,081 ha | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 968,519 ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 888,329 ha | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 1.04 million ha | +17.2% |
| 2013 | 1.03 million ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 1.04 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1.06 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 1.03 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 1.10 million ha | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 680,025 ha | -38.0% |
| 2019 | 1.53 million ha | +125.5% |
| 2020 | 976,401 ha | -36.3% |
| 2021 | 1.03 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 913,318 ha | -11.0% |
| 2023 | 976,832 ha | +7.0% |
| 2024 | 950,000 ha | -2.7% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 950,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 249,854 ha, 3.8× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 950,000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,890 ha, 502.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +125.5% | 680,025 ha | 1.53 million ha |
| 2018 | -38.0% | 1.10 million ha | 680,025 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 662,298 ha | 526,000 ha | 769,464 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 724,777 ha | 633,481 ha | 797,222 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 802,424 ha | 723,000 ha | 841,840 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 820,721 ha | 735,874 ha | 876,987 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 849,180 ha | 761,524 ha | 983,081 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 million ha | 680,025 ha | 1.53 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 968,626 ha | 913,318 ha | 1.03 million ha | 5 |
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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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Egypt?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Egypt was 950,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1.53 million ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 526,000 ha in 1965.
- How does Egypt rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 36th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.