Rice — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Rice — Area harvested was 704,158 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rice — area harvested in Egypt is 704,158 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 22.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 745,092 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 226,000 ha, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 20th of 133 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 226,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 349,000 ha | +54.4% |
| 1963 | 403,000 ha | +15.5% |
| 1964 | 404,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 356,000 ha | -11.9% |
| 1966 | 355,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 452,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1968 | 507,000 ha | +12.2% |
| 1969 | 502,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 480,000 ha | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 477,631 ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 481,412 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 418,820 ha | -13.0% |
| 1974 | 442,344 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 442,213 ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 453,030 ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 436,652 ha | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 434,968 ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 438,891 ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 408,374 ha | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 401,685 ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 430,758 ha | +7.2% |
| 1983 | 423,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 413,711 ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 388,600 ha | -6.1% |
| 1986 | 423,400 ha | +9.0% |
| 1987 | 412,940 ha | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 351,600 ha | -14.9% |
| 1989 | 413,266 ha | +17.5% |
| 1990 | 435,908 ha | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 462,458 ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 511,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1993 | 539,071 ha | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 579,177 ha | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 588,538 ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 590,449 ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 651,207 ha | +10.3% |
| 1998 | 517,832 ha | -20.5% |
| 1999 | 655,210 ha | +26.5% |
| 2000 | 659,217 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 563,021 ha | -14.6% |
| 2002 | 650,286 ha | +15.5% |
| 2003 | 633,570 ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 645,670 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 613,300 ha | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 670,470 ha | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 704,054 ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 745,092 ha | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 575,467 ha | -22.8% |
| 2010 | 459,525 ha | -20.1% |
| 2011 | 593,185 ha | +29.1% |
| 2012 | 620,285 ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 597,099 ha | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 573,704 ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 510,853 ha | -11.0% |
| 2016 | 568,688 ha | +11.3% |
| 2017 | 549,688 ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 361,075 ha | -34.3% |
| 2019 | 548,546 ha | +51.9% |
| 2020 | 499,361 ha | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 464,228 ha | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 482,953 ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 680,530 ha | +40.9% |
| 2024 | 704,158 ha | +3.5% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 704,158 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67,206 ha, 10.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 704,158 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 26,648 ha, 26.4× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +54.4% | 226,000 ha | 349,000 ha |
| 2019 | +51.9% | 361,075 ha | 548,546 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 394,889 ha | 226,000 ha | 507,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 450,596 ha | 418,820 ha | 481,412 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 406,733 ha | 351,600 ha | 430,758 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 553,085 ha | 435,908 ha | 655,210 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 646,015 ha | 563,021 ha | 745,092 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 538,265 ha | 361,075 ha | 620,285 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 566,246 ha | 464,228 ha | 704,158 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
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 rice — area harvested in Egypt?
- Rice — area harvested in Egypt was 704,158 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 745,092 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 226,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for rice — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 20th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.7%. 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 Rice — Area harvested. 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.