Soya beans — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Soya beans — Area harvested was 25,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Egypt stood at 25,000 ha.
The figure is down 60.6% on the previous year and up 108.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 63,461 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Egypt 50th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 1,193 ha | — |
| 1973 | 2,631 ha | +120.5% |
| 1974 | 1,818 ha | -30.9% |
| 1975 | 3,572 ha | +96.5% |
| 1976 | 7,123 ha | +99.4% |
| 1977 | 13,917 ha | +95.4% |
| 1978 | 34,554 ha | +148.3% |
| 1979 | 42,176 ha | +22.1% |
| 1980 | 34,762 ha | -17.6% |
| 1981 | 45,956 ha | +32.2% |
| 1982 | 59,864 ha | +30.3% |
| 1983 | 61,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 52,500 ha | -13.9% |
| 1985 | 50,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 46,100 ha | -7.8% |
| 1987 | 47,470 ha | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 49,150 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 38,789 ha | -21.1% |
| 1990 | 41,396 ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 42,318 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 21,846 ha | -48.4% |
| 1993 | 18,332 ha | -16.1% |
| 1994 | 23,326 ha | +27.2% |
| 1995 | 26,055 ha | +11.7% |
| 1996 | 15,216 ha | -41.6% |
| 1997 | 13,243 ha | -13.0% |
| 1998 | 18,221 ha | +37.6% |
| 1999 | 7,165 ha | -60.7% |
| 2000 | 3,867 ha | -46.0% |
| 2001 | 5,331 ha | +37.9% |
| 2002 | 5,916 ha | +11.0% |
| 2003 | 8,292 ha | +40.2% |
| 2004 | 14,348 ha | +73.0% |
| 2005 | 15,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 7,470 ha | -50.2% |
| 2007 | 7,788 ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 8,681 ha | +11.5% |
| 2009 | 7,179 ha | -17.3% |
| 2010 | 15,233 ha | +112.2% |
| 2011 | 9,548 ha | -37.3% |
| 2012 | 7,185 ha | -24.7% |
| 2013 | 9,422 ha | +31.1% |
| 2014 | 11,979 ha | +27.1% |
| 2015 | 14,275 ha | +19.2% |
| 2016 | 13,466 ha | -5.7% |
| 2017 | 12,879 ha | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 16,093 ha | +25.0% |
| 2019 | 12,398 ha | -23.0% |
| 2020 | 12,623 ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 20,613 ha | +63.3% |
| 2022 | 37,074 ha | +79.9% |
| 2023 | 63,461 ha | +71.2% |
| 2024 | 25,000 ha | -60.6% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 25,000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 30,000 ha, 83% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 25,000 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 23 ha, 1087.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,698 ha | 0 ha | 42,176 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,559 ha | 34,762 ha | 61,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,712 ha | 7,165 ha | 42,318 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,387 ha | 3,867 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,248 ha | 7,185 ha | 16,093 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,754 ha | 12,623 ha | 63,461 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 soya beans — area harvested in Egypt?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Egypt was 25,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 63,461 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 50th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 108.7%. 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 Soya beans — 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.