Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Egypt
Egypt: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 8.65 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — production in Egypt is 8.65 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.1% on the previous year and up 70.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Egypt peaked at 9.11 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 383,540 t, in 1967.
Egypt ranks 21st of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Egypt, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 504,927 t | — |
| 1962 | 453,072 t | -10.3% |
| 1963 | 529,793 t | +16.9% |
| 1964 | 495,394 t | -6.5% |
| 1965 | 559,578 t | +13.0% |
| 1966 | 442,373 t | -20.9% |
| 1967 | 383,540 t | -13.3% |
| 1968 | 593,000 t | +54.6% |
| 1969 | 618,943 t | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 665,000 t | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 566,596 t | -14.8% |
| 1972 | 723,000 t | +27.6% |
| 1973 | 896,000 t | +23.9% |
| 1974 | 829,000 t | -7.5% |
| 1975 | 858,000 t | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 1.04 million t | +21.2% |
| 1977 | 1.15 million t | +10.7% |
| 1978 | 918,937 t | -20.2% |
| 1979 | 1.22 million t | +32.9% |
| 1980 | 1.39 million t | +14.1% |
| 1981 | 1.38 million t | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 1.40 million t | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 1.29 million t | -8.1% |
| 1984 | 1.39 million t | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 1.71 million t | +22.7% |
| 1986 | 1.65 million t | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 1.97 million t | +19.7% |
| 1988 | 2.07 million t | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 1.84 million t | -11.3% |
| 1990 | 1.84 million t | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 2.03 million t | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 1.84 million t | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 1.87 million t | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 1.60 million t | -14.5% |
| 1995 | 2.89 million t | +80.5% |
| 1996 | 2.93 million t | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 2.09 million t | -28.5% |
| 1998 | 2.29 million t | +9.6% |
| 1999 | 2.11 million t | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 2.07 million t | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 2.27 million t | +9.7% |
| 2002 | 2.29 million t | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 2.46 million t | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 2.94 million t | +19.5% |
| 2005 | 3.62 million t | +23.3% |
| 2006 | 2.79 million t | -22.9% |
| 2007 | 3.27 million t | +16.9% |
| 2008 | 3.98 million t | +21.9% |
| 2009 | 4.14 million t | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 4.14 million t | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 4.72 million t | +14.1% |
| 2012 | 5.20 million t | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 4.76 million t | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 5.08 million t | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 5.47 million t | +7.7% |
| 2016 | 4.66 million t | -14.8% |
| 2017 | 5.31 million t | +14.0% |
| 2018 | 5.58 million t | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 5.77 million t | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 7.46 million t | +29.1% |
| 2021 | 6.93 million t | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 7.71 million t | +11.3% |
| 2023 | 9.11 million t | +18.1% |
| 2024 | 8.65 million t | -5.1% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 8.65 million t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.54 million t, 5.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 8.65 million t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 341,112 t, 25.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 508,958 t | 383,540 t | 618,943 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 886,960 t | 566,596 t | 1.22 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.61 million t | 1.29 million t | 2.07 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.15 million t | 1.60 million t | 2.93 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.98 million t | 2.07 million t | 4.14 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.07 million t | 4.14 million t | 5.77 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.97 million t | 6.93 million t | 9.11 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 18 Mozambique 9.59 million t compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 50,708 t compare
- 19 France 9.24 million t compare
- 19 Micronesia 13,715 t compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 16.34 million t compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 11,788 t compare
- 20 Pakistan 9.08 million t compare
- 22 Peru 8.58 million t compare
- 23 Benin 7.92 million t compare
- 24 Ethiopia 7.11 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0355 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0355 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Egypt?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Egypt was 8.65 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 9.11 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 383,540 t in 1967.
- How does Egypt rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Egypt ranks 21st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.3%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — Production. 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.