Oranges — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Oranges — Area harvested was 173,711 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oranges — area harvested in Egypt stood at 173,711 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.0% on the previous year and up 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 180,087 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 21,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Egypt 6th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1963 | 27,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 1964 | 32,000 ha | +18.5% |
| 1965 | 35,287 ha | +10.3% |
| 1966 | 40,748 ha | +15.5% |
| 1967 | 45,528 ha | +11.7% |
| 1968 | 47,049 ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 47,889 ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 49,569 ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 49,711 ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 50,830 ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 51,250 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 54,610 ha | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 60,071 ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 66,707 ha | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 69,166 ha | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 69,607 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 67,104 ha | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 68,086 ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 67,943 ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 70,573 ha | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 71,394 ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 74,350 ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 76,450 ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 82,755 ha | +8.2% |
| 1987 | 84,435 ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 84,856 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 84,856 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 86,892 ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 86,348 ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 98,596 ha | +14.2% |
| 1993 | 97,060 ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 89,477 ha | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 85,924 ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 84,177 ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 85,737 ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 84,034 ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 93,350 ha | +11.1% |
| 2000 | 87,704 ha | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 83,607 ha | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 83,576 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 83,052 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 83,214 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 84,520 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 87,830 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 89,340 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 93,339 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 98,519 ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 101,263 ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 110,421 ha | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 118,731 ha | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 125,597 ha | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 126,399 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 131,335 ha | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 116,387 ha | -11.4% |
| 2017 | 128,931 ha | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 124,577 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 122,705 ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 180,087 ha | +46.8% |
| 2021 | 138,542 ha | -23.1% |
| 2022 | 144,908 ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 147,179 ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 173,711 ha | +18.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 173,711 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,473 ha, 26.8× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 173,711 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,968 ha, 43.8× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +46.8% | 122,705 ha | 180,087 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,722 ha | 21,000 ha | 47,889 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 58,862 ha | 49,569 ha | 69,607 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 76,570 ha | 67,943 ha | 84,856 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 89,160 ha | 84,034 ha | 98,596 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 87,470 ha | 83,052 ha | 98,519 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 120,635 ha | 101,263 ha | 131,335 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 156,885 ha | 138,542 ha | 180,087 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 3 China, mainland 402,913 ha compare
- 3 Viet Nam 71,391 ha compare
- 4 Mexico 341,217 ha compare
- 5 India 240,170 ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 56,868 ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 51,835 ha compare
- 7 Spain 142,480 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 28,301 ha compare
- 8 Iraq 134,561 ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 23,717 ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 23,003 ha compare
- 9 Italy 85,010 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 oranges — area harvested in Egypt?
- Oranges — area harvested in Egypt was 173,711 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 180,087 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 6th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.4%. 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 Oranges — Area harvested. 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.