Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 265,723 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Egypt is 265,723 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 871,571 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 173,884 ha, in 2016.
Egypt ranks 69th of 184 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 871,571 ha | — |
| 1962 | 746,998 ha | -14.3% |
| 1963 | 741,570 ha | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 735,266 ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 853,555 ha | +16.1% |
| 1966 | 824,299 ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 722,922 ha | -12.3% |
| 1968 | 662,469 ha | -8.4% |
| 1969 | 739,340 ha | +11.6% |
| 1970 | 730,534 ha | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 687,192 ha | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 703,986 ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 723,488 ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 667,275 ha | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 626,971 ha | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 588,122 ha | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 677,586 ha | +15.2% |
| 1978 | 586,613 ha | -13.4% |
| 1979 | 609,171 ha | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 618,989 ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 596,890 ha | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 561,790 ha | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 525,385 ha | -6.5% |
| 1984 | 511,720 ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 548,380 ha | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 533,250 ha | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 502,730 ha | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 532,301 ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 513,593 ha | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 516,242 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 472,383 ha | -8.5% |
| 1992 | 448,575 ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 504,150 ha | +12.4% |
| 1994 | 430,399 ha | -14.6% |
| 1995 | 444,471 ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 512,659 ha | +15.3% |
| 1997 | 471,125 ha | -8.1% |
| 1998 | 445,722 ha | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 400,828 ha | -10.1% |
| 2000 | 340,095 ha | -15.2% |
| 2001 | 439,678 ha | +29.3% |
| 2002 | 416,997 ha | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 352,482 ha | -15.5% |
| 2004 | 442,228 ha | +25.5% |
| 2005 | 410,470 ha | -7.2% |
| 2006 | 351,386 ha | -14.4% |
| 2007 | 374,920 ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 246,515 ha | -34.2% |
| 2009 | 255,231 ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 292,893 ha | +14.8% |
| 2011 | 337,758 ha | +15.3% |
| 2012 | 246,527 ha | -27.0% |
| 2013 | 224,823 ha | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 262,494 ha | +16.8% |
| 2015 | 221,934 ha | -15.5% |
| 2016 | 173,884 ha | -21.7% |
| 2017 | 209,056 ha | +20.2% |
| 2018 | 257,643 ha | +23.2% |
| 2019 | 214,806 ha | -16.6% |
| 2020 | 213,790 ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 241,486 ha | +13.0% |
| 2022 | 316,966 ha | +31.3% |
| 2023 | 324,930 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 265,723 ha | -18.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 265,723 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 192,630 ha, 1.4× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 265,723 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 11,642 ha, 22.8× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 766,443 ha | 662,469 ha | 871,571 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 660,094 ha | 586,613 ha | 730,534 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 544,503 ha | 502,730 ha | 618,989 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 464,655 ha | 400,828 ha | 516,242 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 363,000 ha | 246,515 ha | 442,228 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 244,182 ha | 173,884 ha | 337,758 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 272,579 ha | 213,790 ha | 324,930 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0355 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0355 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Egypt?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Egypt was 265,723 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 871,571 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 173,884 ha in 2016.
- How does Egypt rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 69th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.