Spices — Food in Egypt
Egypt: Spices — Food was 84 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Spices — Food in Egypt, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 84 1000 t for spices — food in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and down 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spices — food in Egypt peaked at 113 1000 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 84 1000 t, in 2023.
Egypt ranks 26th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Spices — Food in Egypt, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 96 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 102 1000 t | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 104 1000 t | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 108 1000 t | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 109 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 111 1000 t | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 112 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 109 1000 t | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 111 1000 t | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 113 1000 t | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 111 1000 t | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 105 1000 t | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 91 1000 t | -13.3% |
| 2023 | 84 1000 t | -7.7% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 84 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5 1000 t, 16.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 84 1000 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 18 1000 t, 4.7× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 107.5 1000 t | 96 1000 t | 113 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.75 1000 t | 84 1000 t | 111 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 23 Saudi Arabia 110 1000 t compare
- 24 Ghana 107 1000 t compare
- 25 Morocco 88 1000 t compare
- 27 Burkina Faso 79 1000 t compare
- 28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 75 1000 t compare
- 28 United Kingdom 75 1000 t 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 spices — food in Egypt?
- Spices — food in Egypt was 84 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spices — food recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 113 1000 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest spices — food recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 84 1000 t in 2023.
- How does Egypt rank for spices — food?
- Egypt ranks 26th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is spices — food rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.2%. 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 Spices — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.