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.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 192,124 ha | — |
| 1962 | 191,042 ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 203,000 ha | +6.3% |
| 1964 | 208,196 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 210,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 217,474 ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 219,658 ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 225,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 199,028 ha | -11.5% |
| 1970 | 210,040 ha | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 207,520 ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 202,899 ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 204,579 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 210,750 ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 205,487 ha | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 199,388 ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 171,839 ha | -13.8% |
| 1978 | 182,949 ha | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 171,082 ha | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 172,234 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 173,376 ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 160,813 ha | -7.2% |
| 1983 | 165,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 153,000 ha | -7.3% |
| 1985 | 143,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 1986 | 155,680 ha | +8.9% |
| 1987 | 133,165 ha | -14.5% |
| 1988 | 131,905 ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 128,565 ha | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 134,193 ha | +4.4% |
| 1991 | 136,016 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 149,389 ha | +9.8% |
| 1993 | 146,055 ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 158,030 ha | +8.2% |
| 1995 | 147,697 ha | -6.5% |
| 1996 | 138,686 ha | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 155,975 ha | +12.5% |
| 1998 | 158,232 ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 165,403 ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 162,597 ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 148,764 ha | -8.5% |
| 2002 | 156,217 ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 167,232 ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 152,402 ha | -8.9% |
| 2005 | 152,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 156,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 148,660 ha | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 154,103 ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 141,253 ha | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 140,157 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 156,986 ha | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 142,744 ha | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 141,627 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 148,465 ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 150,197 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 148,071 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 152,171 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 154,920 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 151,375 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 153,340 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 150,820 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 206,740 ha | +37.1% |
| 2023 | 163,247 ha | -21.0% |
| 2024 | 150,000 ha | -8.1% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 150,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 28,421 ha, 5.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 150,000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2,353 ha, 63.7× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +37.1% | 150,820 ha | 206,740 ha |
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 |
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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 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.