Pulses, Total — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Pulses, Total — Yield was 3,551 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 3,551 kg/ha for pulses, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Egypt peaked at 4,244 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,137 kg/ha, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 11th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,137 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,932 kg/ha | +69.9% |
| 1963 | 1,596 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1964 | 1,900 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1965 | 1,824 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 1,992 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1967 | 1,441 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1968 | 1,994 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 1969 | 1,884 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 1,996 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 2,094 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 2,326 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 2,174 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 2,077 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 2,049 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 2,048 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,994 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1978 | 2,068 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 2,062 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 1,950 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 1,989 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 2,091 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 2,036 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 1,992 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 2,029 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 2,093 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 2,309 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1988 | 2,294 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 2,790 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1990 | 2,924 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1991 | 3,139 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1992 | 2,110 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1993 | 3,164 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1994 | 2,191 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 1995 | 2,904 kg/ha | +32.5% |
| 1996 | 2,998 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 3,018 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 3,060 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 2,279 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 2000 | 2,927 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 2001 | 2,971 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 2,948 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 2,962 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 3,067 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 3,137 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 3,122 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 3,177 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 3,222 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 3,210 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 2,870 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2011 | 2,966 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 3,042 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 3,122 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 3,076 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 2,961 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 2,859 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 2,895 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 4,121 kg/ha | +42.3% |
| 2019 | 4,244 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 3,835 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 3,754 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 3,943 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 3,424 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2024 | 3,551 kg/ha | +3.7% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 3,551 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 827.9 kg/ha, 4.3× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 3,551 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,709 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +69.9% | 1,137 kg/ha | 1,932 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +50.0% | 2,110 kg/ha | 3,164 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +42.3% | 2,895 kg/ha | 4,121 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +38.3% | 1,441 kg/ha | 1,994 kg/ha |
| 1992 | -32.8% | 3,139 kg/ha | 2,110 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -30.8% | 3,164 kg/ha | 2,191 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,744 kg/ha | 1,137 kg/ha | 1,994 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,089 kg/ha | 1,994 kg/ha | 2,326 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,157 kg/ha | 1,950 kg/ha | 2,790 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,779 kg/ha | 2,110 kg/ha | 3,164 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,074 kg/ha | 2,927 kg/ha | 3,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,216 kg/ha | 2,859 kg/ha | 4,244 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,702 kg/ha | 3,424 kg/ha | 3,943 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 1,002 kg/ha compare
- 8 Uzbekistan 3,609 kg/ha compare
- 9 Fiji 3,600 kg/ha compare
- 10 Denmark 3,569 kg/ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 879.6 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 879.5 kg/ha compare
- 12 Tajikistan 3,442 kg/ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 867.6 kg/ha compare
- 13 Montenegro 3,440 kg/ha compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 683.8 kg/ha compare
- 14 New Zealand 3,424 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 pulses, total — yield in Egypt?
- Pulses, total — yield in Egypt was 3,551 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 4,244 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,137 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Egypt ranks 11th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. 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 Pulses, Total — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.