Maize (corn) — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Maize (corn) — Yield was 7,585 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 7,585 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Egypt peaked at 8,370 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2,401 kg/ha, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 32nd of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,401 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,604 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1963 | 2,582 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 2,772 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 4,070 kg/ha | +46.9% |
| 1966 | 3,589 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1967 | 3,451 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1968 | 3,512 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 3,783 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 3,784 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,656 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 3,747 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 3,605 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 3,579 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 3,618 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 3,834 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 3,675 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1978 | 3,910 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1979 | 3,712 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1980 | 4,037 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 4,094 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 4,118 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 4,279 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 4,455 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 4,585 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 4,990 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1987 | 4,757 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 4,965 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 5,380 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 5,780 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1991 | 5,895 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 6,135 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 6,078 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 5,906 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 6,163 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 6,952 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1997 | 7,130 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 7,226 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 7,517 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 7,680 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 6,980 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 7,766 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2003 | 7,829 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 7,909 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 8,161 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 8,370 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 8,046 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 7,905 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 7,818 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 7,270 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 7,741 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 7,772 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 7,722 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 7,756 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 7,355 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 7,607 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 7,790 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 7,516 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 4,951 kg/ha | -34.1% |
| 2020 | 7,777 kg/ha | +57.1% |
| 2021 | 7,828 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 7,508 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 7,624 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 7,585 kg/ha | -0.5% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 7,585 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,004 kg/ha, 3.8× the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 7,585 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6,000 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Maize (corn) — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +57.1% | 4,951 kg/ha | 7,777 kg/ha |
| 1965 | +46.9% | 2,772 kg/ha | 4,070 kg/ha |
| 2019 | -34.1% | 7,516 kg/ha | 4,951 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,196 kg/ha | 2,401 kg/ha | 4,070 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,712 kg/ha | 3,579 kg/ha | 3,910 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,566 kg/ha | 4,037 kg/ha | 5,380 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,478 kg/ha | 5,780 kg/ha | 7,517 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,846 kg/ha | 6,980 kg/ha | 8,370 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,348 kg/ha | 4,951 kg/ha | 7,790 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,664 kg/ha | 7,508 kg/ha | 7,828 kg/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) — yield in Egypt?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Egypt was 7,585 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 8,370 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,401 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Egypt ranks 32nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. 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) — 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.