Onions — Food in Egypt
Egypt: Onions — Food was 2,958 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Onions — Food in Egypt, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for onions — food in Egypt is 2,958 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.2% on the previous year and up 342.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions — food in Egypt peaked at 2,958 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 669 1000 t, in 2013.
That places Egypt 6th out of 185 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Onions — Food in Egypt, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,608 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 1,615 1000 t | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,529 1000 t | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 669 1000 t | -56.2% |
| 2014 | 1,875 1000 t | +180.3% |
| 2015 | 2,199 1000 t | +17.3% |
| 2016 | 1,796 1000 t | -18.3% |
| 2017 | 2,266 1000 t | +26.2% |
| 2018 | 2,603 1000 t | +14.9% |
| 2019 | 2,334 1000 t | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 2,559 1000 t | +9.6% |
| 2021 | 2,832 1000 t | +10.7% |
| 2022 | 2,710 1000 t | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 2,958 1000 t | +9.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 2,958 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 52 1000 t, 56.9× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 2,958 1000 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 128 1000 t, 23.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Onions — Food 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +180.3% | 669 1000 t | 1,875 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,849 1000 t | 669 1000 t | 2,603 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,765 1000 t | 2,559 1000 t | 2,958 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 3 China, mainland 20,973 1000 t compare
- 4 United States 3,305 1000 t compare
- 5 Bangladesh 3,194 1000 t compare
- 7 Indonesia 2,118 1000 t compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,877 1000 t compare
- 9 Pakistan 1,854 1000 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 onions — food in Egypt?
- Onions — food in Egypt was 2,958 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions — food recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 2,958 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest onions — food recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 669 1000 t in 2013.
- How does Egypt rank for onions — food?
- Egypt ranks 6th out of 185 countries with data for 2023.
- Is onions — food rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 342.2%. 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 Onions — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.