Maize (corn) — Production in Egypt
Egypt: Maize (corn) — Production was 7.21 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Production in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — production in Egypt is 7.21 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Egypt peaked at 8.54 million t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.62 million t, in 1961.
That places Egypt 21st out of 183 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 | 2.09 million t | 1.62 million t | 2.38 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.69 million t | 2.34 million t | 3.12 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.66 million t | 3.23 million t | 4.53 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.31 million t | 4.54 million t | 6.34 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.66 million t | 6.09 million t | 7.69 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.49 million t | 5.11 million t | 8.54 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.43 million t | 6.86 million t | 8.04 million t | 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) — production in Egypt?
- Maize (corn) — production in Egypt was 7.21 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 8.54 million t in 2017.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.62 million t in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Egypt ranks 21st out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. 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) — Production. 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.