Sorghum — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Sorghum — Area harvested was 150,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in Egypt stood at 150,000 ha.
The figure is down 8.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 225,000 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 128,565 ha, in 1989.
That places Egypt 35th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 207,280 ha | 191,042 ha | 225,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 196,653 ha | 171,082 ha | 210,750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 151,674 ha | 128,565 ha | 173,376 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 148,968 ha | 134,193 ha | 165,403 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 153,923 ha | 141,253 ha | 167,232 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 148,671 ha | 140,157 ha | 156,986 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 164,829 ha | 150,000 ha | 206,740 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture share gdp 16.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
- Rural population 57.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 67.58 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 60.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 1.25 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Egypt?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Egypt was 150,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 225,000 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 128,565 ha in 1989.
- How does Egypt rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 35th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sorghum — 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.