Olives — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Olives — Yield was 10,784 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Olives — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — yield in Egypt stood at 10,784 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.2% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — yield in Egypt peaked at 12,048 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,948 kg/ha, in 1980.
Egypt ranks 3rd of 41 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Olives — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,059 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,931 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1963 | 2,891 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 2,951 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 2,963 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 3,023 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 2,973 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 3,200 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 3,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,044 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1971 | 2,938 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 3,200 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1973 | 3,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,821 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1977 | 3,273 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1978 | 3,368 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 3,595 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1980 | 1,948 kg/ha | -45.8% |
| 1981 | 2,424 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1982 | 3,304 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 1983 | 3,600 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1984 | 3,175 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1985 | 3,571 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 3,384 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1987 | 3,002 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1988 | 3,313 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1989 | 3,343 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 4,637 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1991 | 4,554 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 4,188 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 4,167 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 6,475 kg/ha | +55.4% |
| 1995 | 9,421 kg/ha | +45.5% |
| 1996 | 8,878 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1997 | 8,333 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 8,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 6,574 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2000 | 6,190 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2001 | 6,185 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 6,792 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2003 | 4,105 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 2004 | 6,421 kg/ha | +56.4% |
| 2005 | 6,326 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 10,204 kg/ha | +61.3% |
| 2007 | 10,895 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 10,391 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2009 | 9,703 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 7,794 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2011 | 8,727 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 9,784 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 8,780 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2014 | 9,298 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 10,027 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2016 | 11,077 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2017 | 11,922 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 12,048 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 9,524 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 2020 | 9,588 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 9,750 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 8,978 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 10,157 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2024 | 10,784 kg/ha | +6.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 10,784 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,516 kg/ha, 7.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 10,784 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,170 kg/ha, 5.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,021 kg/ha | 2,891 kg/ha | 3,200 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,184 kg/ha | 2,821 kg/ha | 3,595 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,106 kg/ha | 1,948 kg/ha | 3,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,523 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha | 9,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,721 kg/ha | 4,105 kg/ha | 10,895 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,898 kg/ha | 7,794 kg/ha | 12,048 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,852 kg/ha | 8,978 kg/ha | 10,784 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 1 Saudi Arabia 14,634 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 4,106 kg/ha compare
- 2 Kuwait 13,467 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3,394 kg/ha compare
- 4 China 8,322 kg/ha compare
- 4 China, Taiwan Province of 8,322 kg/ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 1,153 kg/ha compare
- 6 Chile 6,614 kg/ha 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 olives — yield in Egypt?
- Olives — yield in Egypt was 10,784 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 12,048 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest olives — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,948 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Egypt rank for olives — yield?
- Egypt ranks 3rd out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. 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 Olives — 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.