Sugar cane — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Sugar cane — Yield was 107,115 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 107,115 kg/ha for sugar cane — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Egypt peaked at 121,349 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 72,880 kg/ha, in 2020.
That places Egypt 3rd out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 89,064 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 94,274 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 92,018 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 87,321 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1965 | 87,759 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 92,787 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 91,416 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 92,687 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 96,158 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 88,744 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 92,331 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 90,754 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 88,355 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 80,319 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1975 | 86,288 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1976 | 82,914 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 80,035 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1978 | 79,780 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 84,198 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 81,247 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 83,544 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 81,775 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 79,962 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 89,190 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1985 | 92,191 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 98,527 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1987 | 74,897 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1988 | 93,378 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1989 | 96,953 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 100,333 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 103,637 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 102,909 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 106,168 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 109,343 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 109,532 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 110,742 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 112,249 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 117,200 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 118,168 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 117,216 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 118,813 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 117,866 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 118,162 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 119,951 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 120,887 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 121,349 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 120,855 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 121,186 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 116,391 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 116,762 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 115,320 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 113,570 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 114,146 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 115,130 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 115,355 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 113,610 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 112,218 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 115,017 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 110,877 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 72,880 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 2021 | 110,939 kg/ha | +52.2% |
| 2022 | 111,161 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 107,309 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 107,115 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 107,115 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 56,789 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 107,115 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 27,384 kg/ha, 3.9× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Yield 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 | +52.2% | 72,880 kg/ha | 110,939 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -34.3% | 110,877 kg/ha | 72,880 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91,498 kg/ha | 87,321 kg/ha | 96,158 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 85,372 kg/ha | 79,780 kg/ha | 92,331 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 87,166 kg/ha | 74,897 kg/ha | 98,527 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 109,028 kg/ha | 100,333 kg/ha | 118,168 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 119,268 kg/ha | 116,391 kg/ha | 121,349 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 114,200 kg/ha | 110,877 kg/ha | 116,762 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 101,881 kg/ha | 72,880 kg/ha | 111,161 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 1 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 91,950 kg/ha compare
- 1 Senegal 114,021 kg/ha compare
- 2 Malawi 107,511 kg/ha compare
- 2 Polynesia 86,757 kg/ha compare
- 4 Ethiopia PDR 106,667 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 69,383 kg/ha compare
- 5 Guatemala 104,750 kg/ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68,316 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 67,750 kg/ha compare
- 6 Zambia 103,680 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 sugar cane — yield in Egypt?
- Sugar cane — yield in Egypt was 107,115 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 121,349 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 72,880 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Egypt rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Egypt ranks 3rd out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. 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 Sugar cane — 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.