Molasses — Production in Egypt
Egypt: Molasses — Production was 1.52 million t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Molasses — Production in Egypt, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 1.52 million t for molasses — production in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.7% on the previous year and up 97.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, molasses — production in Egypt peaked at 1.52 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 160,000 t, in 1967.
Egypt ranks 10th of 139 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Molasses — Production in Egypt, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 258,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 244,000 t | -5.4% |
| 1963 | 187,000 t | -23.4% |
| 1964 | 192,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 182,000 t | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 168,000 t | -7.7% |
| 1967 | 160,000 t | -4.8% |
| 1968 | 170,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 220,000 t | +29.4% |
| 1970 | 262,000 t | +19.1% |
| 1971 | 259,000 t | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 271,000 t | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 260,000 t | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 237,000 t | -8.8% |
| 1975 | 243,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 262,594 t | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 302,000 t | +15.0% |
| 1978 | 274,000 t | -9.3% |
| 1979 | 282,596 t | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 297,000 t | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 294,000 t | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 295,000 t | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 336,000 t | +13.9% |
| 1984 | 294,000 t | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 324,000 t | +10.2% |
| 1986 | 348,000 t | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 362,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 364,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 382,000 t | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 404,000 t | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 436,000 t | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 401,000 t | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 434,000 t | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 517,000 t | +19.1% |
| 1995 | 490,000 t | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 506,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 495,000 t | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 520,000 t | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 540,000 t | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 548,000 t | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 545,000 t | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 570,000 t | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 570,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 570,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 615,000 t | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 696,000 t | +13.2% |
| 2007 | 683,000 t | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 585,000 t | -14.3% |
| 2009 | 600,000 t | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 650,000 t | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 762,000 t | +17.2% |
| 2012 | 764,000 t | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 769,000 t | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 770,000 t | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 770,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 785,000 t | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 845,000 t | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 845,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 810,000 t | -4.1% |
| 2020 | 880,000 t | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 807,437 t | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 1.44 million t | +77.9% |
| 2023 | 1.52 million t | +5.7% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 1.52 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 38,824 t, 39.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 1.52 million t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 601.96 t, 2522.3× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Molasses — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +77.9% | 807,437 t | 1.44 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 197,889 t | 160,000 t | 258,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 265,319 t | 237,000 t | 302,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 329,600 t | 294,000 t | 382,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 474,300 t | 401,000 t | 540,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 598,200 t | 545,000 t | 696,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 777,000 t | 650,000 t | 845,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.16 million t | 807,437 t | 1.52 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 7 Pakistan 3.12 million t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 247,768 t compare
- 8 Denmark 2.26 million t compare
- 9 Mexico 1.96 million t compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 101,240 t compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 86,124 t compare
- 11 Russian Federation 1.50 million t compare
- 11 Melanesia 80,577 t compare
- 12 Indonesia 1.17 million t compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 51,667 t compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 35,028 t compare
- 13 France 1.01 million t 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 molasses — production in Egypt?
- Molasses — production in Egypt was 1.52 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest molasses — production recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1.52 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest molasses — production recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 160,000 t in 1967.
- How does Egypt rank for molasses — production?
- Egypt ranks 10th out of 139 countries with data for 2023.
- Is molasses — production rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 97.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Molasses — Production. 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.