Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 389,139 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Egypt stood at 389,139 ha.
The figure is down 5.0% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 430,736 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 47,000 ha, in 1961.
Egypt ranks 15th of 155 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 Crops Primary — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 47,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 51,000 ha | +8.5% |
| 1963 | 56,000 ha | +9.8% |
| 1964 | 56,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 54,000 ha | -3.6% |
| 1966 | 55,924 ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 57,550 ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 65,532 ha | +13.9% |
| 1969 | 71,414 ha | +9.0% |
| 1970 | 78,135 ha | +9.4% |
| 1971 | 81,078 ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 84,856 ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 83,176 ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 87,377 ha | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 91,577 ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 101,862 ha | +11.2% |
| 1977 | 104,688 ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 103,990 ha | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 108,003 ha | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 109,722 ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 109,293 ha | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 113,599 ha | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 112,561 ha | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 117,200 ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 122,263 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 125,479 ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 130,120 ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 133,250 ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 132,335 ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 124,907 ha | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 132,870 ha | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 129,927 ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 133,693 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 144,145 ha | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 149,807 ha | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 147,404 ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 149,125 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 166,067 ha | +11.4% |
| 1999 | 183,035 ha | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 190,974 ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 190,991 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 200,512 ha | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 192,663 ha | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 194,545 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 205,285 ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 215,577 ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 245,114 ha | +13.7% |
| 2008 | 244,128 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 244,149 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 269,076 ha | +10.2% |
| 2011 | 288,705 ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 314,898 ha | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 331,649 ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 351,257 ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 371,032 ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 372,124 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 356,982 ha | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 344,592 ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 392,623 ha | +13.9% |
| 2020 | 358,860 ha | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 430,736 ha | +20.0% |
| 2022 | 391,246 ha | -9.2% |
| 2023 | 409,536 ha | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 389,139 ha | -5.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 389,139 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23,189 ha, 16.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 389,139 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 310 ha, 1255.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57,158 ha | 47,000 ha | 71,414 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 92,474 ha | 78,135 ha | 108,003 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 120,582 ha | 109,293 ha | 133,250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 146,098 ha | 124,907 ha | 183,035 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 212,394 ha | 190,974 ha | 245,114 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 339,294 ha | 269,076 ha | 392,623 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 395,903 ha | 358,860 ha | 430,736 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 12 Argentina 432,814 ha compare
- 12 Melanesia 47,271 ha compare
- 13 France 411,630 ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33,300 ha compare
- 14 Philippines 404,914 ha compare
- 14 Republic of Moldova 14,107 ha compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 102 ha compare
- 16 Colombia 358,250 ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 41 ha compare
- 17 Australia 341,130 ha compare
- 17 Australia and New Zealand 341,130 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 crops primary — area harvested in Egypt?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Egypt was 389,139 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 430,736 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 47,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 15th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. 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 Crops Primary — 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.