Potatoes — Production in Egypt
Egypt: Potatoes — Production was 8.08 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Production in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 8.08 million t for potatoes — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.7% on the previous year and up 75.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Egypt peaked at 8.57 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 278,480 t, in 1967.
That places Egypt 11th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Production in Egypt, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 392,383 t | — |
| 1962 | 354,649 t | -9.6% |
| 1963 | 420,371 t | +18.5% |
| 1964 | 376,287 t | -10.5% |
| 1965 | 440,849 t | +17.2% |
| 1966 | 324,323 t | -26.4% |
| 1967 | 278,480 t | -14.1% |
| 1968 | 472,000 t | +69.5% |
| 1969 | 487,398 t | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 549,000 t | +12.6% |
| 1971 | 450,596 t | -17.9% |
| 1972 | 596,000 t | +32.3% |
| 1973 | 798,000 t | +33.9% |
| 1974 | 708,000 t | -11.3% |
| 1975 | 720,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 894,000 t | +24.2% |
| 1977 | 1.01 million t | +13.1% |
| 1978 | 772,675 t | -23.6% |
| 1979 | 1.02 million t | +31.8% |
| 1980 | 1.21 million t | +19.2% |
| 1981 | 1.19 million t | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 1.18 million t | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 1.09 million t | -7.5% |
| 1984 | 1.19 million t | +8.6% |
| 1985 | 1.48 million t | +24.3% |
| 1986 | 1.43 million t | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 1.80 million t | +25.9% |
| 1988 | 1.86 million t | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 1.66 million t | -11.0% |
| 1990 | 1.64 million t | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 1.79 million t | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 1.62 million t | -9.4% |
| 1993 | 1.60 million t | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 1.32 million t | -17.2% |
| 1995 | 2.60 million t | +96.2% |
| 1996 | 2.63 million t | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 1.80 million t | -31.4% |
| 1998 | 1.98 million t | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 1.81 million t | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 1.77 million t | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 1.90 million t | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 1.99 million t | +4.3% |
| 2003 | 2.04 million t | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 2.55 million t | +24.9% |
| 2005 | 3.17 million t | +24.4% |
| 2006 | 2.31 million t | -27.0% |
| 2007 | 2.76 million t | +19.4% |
| 2008 | 3.57 million t | +29.2% |
| 2009 | 3.66 million t | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 3.64 million t | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 4.34 million t | +19.1% |
| 2012 | 4.76 million t | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 4.27 million t | -10.4% |
| 2014 | 4.61 million t | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 4.96 million t | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 4.11 million t | -17.0% |
| 2017 | 4.84 million t | +17.7% |
| 2018 | 4.96 million t | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 5.20 million t | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 6.79 million t | +30.5% |
| 2021 | 6.27 million t | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 7.21 million t | +14.9% |
| 2023 | 8.57 million t | +18.9% |
| 2024 | 8.08 million t | -5.7% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 8.08 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 422,111 t, 19.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 8.08 million t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 340,951 t, 23.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 394,082 t | 278,480 t | 487,398 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 751,779 t | 450,596 t | 1.02 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.41 million t | 1.09 million t | 1.86 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.88 million t | 1.32 million t | 2.63 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.57 million t | 1.77 million t | 3.66 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.57 million t | 3.64 million t | 5.20 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.39 million t | 6.27 million t | 8.57 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 8 Bangladesh 10.60 million t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 560,929 t compare
- 9 France 9.24 million t compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 520,567 t compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 413,319 t compare
- 10 Pakistan 8.43 million t compare
- 11 Viet Nam 354,657 t compare
- 12 Peru 6.58 million t compare
- 13 Canada 6.51 million t compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 135,372 t compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 109,367 t compare
- 14 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6.37 million 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 potatoes — production in Egypt?
- Potatoes — production in Egypt was 8.08 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 8.57 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 278,480 t in 1967.
- How does Egypt rank for potatoes — production?
- Egypt ranks 11th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.3%. 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 Potatoes — Production. 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.