Soya beans — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Soya beans — Yield was 3,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Egypt, 1972–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — yield in Egypt is 3,000 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Egypt peaked at 3,619 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 949.4 kg/ha, in 1973.
Egypt ranks 10th of 98 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 53 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 1,136 kg/ha | — |
| 1973 | 949.4 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1974 | 1,135 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1975 | 1,346 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1976 | 1,601 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1977 | 1,904 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1978 | 2,283 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1979 | 2,514 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1980 | 2,657 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 2,837 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 2,973 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 2,656 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1984 | 2,724 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 2,800 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 2,894 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 2,823 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1988 | 2,625 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1989 | 2,357 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1990 | 2,577 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 2,837 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1992 | 2,698 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1993 | 2,753 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 2,883 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 2,434 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1996 | 2,610 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 2,622 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 2,621 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 2,637 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 2,720 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 2,792 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 2,990 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 3,459 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2004 | 3,027 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 3,400 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2006 | 3,082 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 3,288 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 3,360 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 3,125 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 2,845 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 3,120 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 3,619 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2013 | 3,477 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 3,328 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 3,282 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 3,354 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 2,825 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2018 | 2,920 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 2,925 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,885 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 3,036 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 3,147 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 2,965 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2024 | 3,000 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 3,000 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,170 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,609 kg/ha | 949.4 kg/ha | 2,514 kg/ha | 8 |
| 1980s | 2,734 kg/ha | 2,357 kg/ha | 2,973 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,667 kg/ha | 2,434 kg/ha | 2,883 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,124 kg/ha | 2,720 kg/ha | 3,459 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,169 kg/ha | 2,825 kg/ha | 3,619 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,007 kg/ha | 2,885 kg/ha | 3,147 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 7 Brazil 3,147 kg/ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,884 kg/ha compare
- 8 Ethiopia PDR 3,088 kg/ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 1,627 kg/ha compare
- 9 Paraguay 3,040 kg/ha compare
- 11 Australia 2,968 kg/ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 1,219 kg/ha compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 2,968 kg/ha compare
- 13 Argentina 2,945 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 1,196 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Egypt?
- Soya beans — yield in Egypt was 3,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 3,619 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 949.4 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Egypt rank for soya beans — yield?
- Egypt ranks 10th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.