Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 383,466 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 383,466 ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 13.2% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 874,371 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 252,852 ha, in 2016.
That places Egypt 66th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 874,371 ha | — |
| 1962 | 750,998 ha | -14.1% |
| 1963 | 744,270 ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 738,766 ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 857,055 ha | +16.0% |
| 1966 | 826,599 ha | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 726,622 ha | -12.1% |
| 1968 | 664,969 ha | -8.5% |
| 1969 | 741,840 ha | +11.6% |
| 1970 | 732,834 ha | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 689,192 ha | -6.0% |
| 1972 | 706,486 ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 725,988 ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 669,775 ha | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 629,471 ha | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 590,822 ha | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 679,266 ha | +15.0% |
| 1978 | 588,273 ha | -13.4% |
| 1979 | 610,870 ha | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 621,141 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 599,116 ha | -3.5% |
| 1982 | 564,090 ha | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 527,885 ha | -6.4% |
| 1984 | 514,240 ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 550,900 ha | +7.1% |
| 1986 | 541,230 ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 512,390 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 541,541 ha | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 523,253 ha | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 525,292 ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 483,083 ha | -8.0% |
| 1992 | 471,258 ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 530,955 ha | +12.7% |
| 1994 | 450,520 ha | -15.1% |
| 1995 | 466,547 ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 536,104 ha | +14.9% |
| 1997 | 495,125 ha | -7.6% |
| 1998 | 470,722 ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 444,497 ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 385,608 ha | -13.2% |
| 2001 | 487,197 ha | +26.3% |
| 2002 | 466,529 ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 402,355 ha | -13.8% |
| 2004 | 491,314 ha | +22.1% |
| 2005 | 459,470 ha | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 400,386 ha | -12.9% |
| 2007 | 421,460 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 292,715 ha | -30.5% |
| 2009 | 301,505 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 343,054 ha | +13.8% |
| 2011 | 390,426 ha | +13.8% |
| 2012 | 304,078 ha | -22.1% |
| 2013 | 286,534 ha | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 323,331 ha | +12.8% |
| 2015 | 291,641 ha | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 252,852 ha | -13.3% |
| 2017 | 300,882 ha | +19.0% |
| 2018 | 347,598 ha | +15.5% |
| 2019 | 317,806 ha | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 314,790 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 349,845 ha | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 429,623 ha | +22.8% |
| 2023 | 441,617 ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 383,466 ha | -13.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 769,499 ha | 664,969 ha | 874,371 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 662,298 ha | 588,273 ha | 732,834 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 549,579 ha | 512,390 ha | 621,141 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 487,410 ha | 444,497 ha | 536,104 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 410,854 ha | 292,715 ha | 491,314 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 315,820 ha | 252,852 ha | 390,426 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 383,868 ha | 314,790 ha | 441,617 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Egypt?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Egypt was 383,466 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 874,371 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 252,852 ha in 2016.
- How does Egypt rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 66th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. 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, Oil 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.