Potatoes — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Potatoes — Yield was 30,094 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Egypt is 30,094 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Egypt peaked at 31,437 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13,934 kg/ha, in 1978.
That places Egypt 37th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,966 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,631 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1963 | 16,727 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 16,385 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 18,029 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 14,461 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1967 | 15,949 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1968 | 16,770 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 16,341 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 16,973 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1971 | 16,344 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1972 | 16,890 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 17,921 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 17,741 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 17,489 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 16,549 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1977 | 15,756 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 13,934 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1979 | 17,061 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1980 | 17,278 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 17,859 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 18,500 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 19,027 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 19,125 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 19,882 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 19,575 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 22,560 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1988 | 21,412 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 22,414 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 20,559 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 20,234 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 20,907 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 20,779 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 20,449 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 21,124 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 20,205 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 21,836 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 22,330 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 23,292 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 23,593 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 23,874 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 24,038 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 24,615 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 24,444 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 25,083 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 25,008 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 25,572 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 25,939 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 26,424 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 25,921 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 26,431 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 26,853 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 26,628 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 26,808 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 26,965 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 25,994 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 27,772 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 28,928 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 29,288 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 24,620 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2021 | 29,712 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2022 | 29,343 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 31,437 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 30,094 kg/ha | -4.3% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 30,094 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 30,094 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 28,679 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,251 kg/ha | 14,461 kg/ha | 18,029 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,666 kg/ha | 13,934 kg/ha | 17,921 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,763 kg/ha | 17,278 kg/ha | 22,560 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,172 kg/ha | 20,205 kg/ha | 23,292 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,859 kg/ha | 23,593 kg/ha | 26,424 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,159 kg/ha | 25,921 kg/ha | 29,288 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,041 kg/ha | 24,620 kg/ha | 31,437 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Egypt?
- Potatoes — yield in Egypt was 30,094 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 31,437 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,934 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Egypt rank for potatoes — yield?
- Egypt ranks 37th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. 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 Potatoes — 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.