Sugar beet — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 264,840 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar beet — area harvested in Egypt is 264,840 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.3% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 286,879 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 6th of 68 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar beet — 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 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 3,600 ha | — |
| 1980 | 3,650 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 3,900 ha | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 6,720 ha | +72.3% |
| 1983 | 7,561 ha | +12.5% |
| 1984 | 14,700 ha | +94.4% |
| 1985 | 17,220 ha | +17.1% |
| 1986 | 15,540 ha | -9.8% |
| 1987 | 17,645 ha | +13.5% |
| 1988 | 17,645 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 16,683 ha | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 14,323 ha | -14.1% |
| 1991 | 20,713 ha | +44.6% |
| 1992 | 16,161 ha | -22.0% |
| 1993 | 16,786 ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 17,735 ha | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 21,034 ha | +18.6% |
| 1996 | 21,359 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 26,848 ha | +25.7% |
| 1998 | 43,603 ha | +62.4% |
| 1999 | 53,951 ha | +23.7% |
| 2000 | 56,984 ha | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 59,932 ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 64,622 ha | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 55,178 ha | -14.6% |
| 2004 | 59,236 ha | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 70,305 ha | +18.7% |
| 2006 | 78,317 ha | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 104,331 ha | +33.2% |
| 2008 | 108,220 ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 111,130 ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 134,538 ha | +21.1% |
| 2011 | 151,996 ha | +13.0% |
| 2012 | 177,978 ha | +17.1% |
| 2013 | 193,405 ha | +8.7% |
| 2014 | 211,806 ha | +9.5% |
| 2015 | 233,168 ha | +10.1% |
| 2016 | 235,187 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 219,908 ha | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 207,020 ha | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 254,308 ha | +22.8% |
| 2020 | 141,235 ha | -44.5% |
| 2021 | 286,879 ha | +103.1% |
| 2022 | 251,228 ha | -12.4% |
| 2023 | 276,721 ha | +10.1% |
| 2024 | 264,840 ha | -4.3% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 264,840 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,151 ha, 230.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 264,840 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 337 ha, 785.9× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +103.1% | 141,235 ha | 286,879 ha |
| 1984 | +94.4% | 7,561 ha | 14,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 360 ha | 0 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,126 ha | 3,650 ha | 17,645 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,251 ha | 14,323 ha | 53,951 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 76,826 ha | 55,178 ha | 111,130 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 201,931 ha | 134,538 ha | 254,308 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 244,181 ha | 141,235 ha | 286,879 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 3 Germany 437,200 ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 84,764 ha compare
- 4 France 411,630 ha compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 14,107 ha compare
- 5 Poland 277,920 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,181 ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 102 ha compare
- 7 Ukraine 253,600 ha compare
- 8 China 217,570 ha compare
- 8 China, mainland 217,570 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 sugar beet — area harvested in Egypt?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Egypt was 264,840 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 286,879 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 6th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. 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 Sugar beet — 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.