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 37th out of 182 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.
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 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 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 37th out of 182 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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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.