Rice — Production, per capita in Egypt
Egypt: Rice — Production, per capita was 0.0552 t per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Production, per capita in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — production, per capita in Egypt stood at 0.0552 t per person.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — production, per capita in Egypt peaked at 0.0845 t per person in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0296 t per person, in 2018.
Egypt ranks 31st of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Production, per capita in Egypt, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0414 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0719 t per person | +73.8% |
| 1963 | 0.0763 t per person | +6.1% |
| 1964 | 0.0682 t per person | -10.6% |
| 1965 | 0.0584 t per person | -14.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0534 t per person | -8.5% |
| 1967 | 0.0708 t per person | +32.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0785 t per person | +11.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0757 t per person | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0752 t per person | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 0.0715 t per person | -4.9% |
| 1972 | 0.0691 t per person | -3.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0613 t per person | -11.3% |
| 1974 | 0.059 t per person | -3.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0623 t per person | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0578 t per person | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0558 t per person | -3.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0563 t per person | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0586 t per person | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0542 t per person | -7.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0495 t per person | -8.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0526 t per person | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 0.0511 t per person | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 0.0454 t per person | -11.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0456 t per person | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 0.0468 t per person | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 0.0448 t per person | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0386 t per person | -13.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0472 t per person | +22.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0542 t per person | +14.8% |
| 1991 | 0.0574 t per person | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0636 t per person | +10.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0661 t per person | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0713 t per person | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0729 t per person | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.073 t per person | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0801 t per person | +9.6% |
| 1998 | 0.064 t per person | -20.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0813 t per person | +27.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0821 t per person | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 0.07 t per person | -14.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0801 t per person | +14.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0793 t per person | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0799 t per person | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0755 t per person | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0817 t per person | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0816 t per person | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0845 t per person | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0631 t per person | -25.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0485 t per person | -23.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0623 t per person | +28.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0635 t per person | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.06 t per person | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0561 t per person | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0484 t per person | -13.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0522 t per person | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0478 t per person | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0296 t per person | -38.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0447 t per person | +51.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0439 t per person | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0382 t per person | -13.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0382 t per person | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0544 t per person | +42.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0552 t per person | +1.5% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.0552 t per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0184 t per person, 3.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.0552 t per person is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0025 t per person, 21.6× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Production, per capita 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 | +73.8% | 0.0414 t per person | 0.0719 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0661 t per person | 0.0414 t per person | 0.0785 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0627 t per person | 0.0558 t per person | 0.0752 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0476 t per person | 0.0386 t per person | 0.0542 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0684 t per person | 0.0542 t per person | 0.0813 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0778 t per person | 0.0631 t per person | 0.0845 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0513 t per person | 0.0296 t per person | 0.0635 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.046 t per person | 0.0382 t per person | 0.0552 t per person | 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 — production, per capita in Egypt?
- Rice — production, per capita in Egypt was 0.0552 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rice — production, per capita recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0845 t per person in 2008.
- What is the lowest rice — production, per capita recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0296 t per person in 2018.
- How does Egypt rank for rice — production, per capita?
- Egypt ranks 31st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — production, per capita rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rice — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Rice — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rice — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Rice — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rice — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.