Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 69,885 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Egypt stood at 69,885 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Egypt peaked at 101,610 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 69,128 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Egypt 44th out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 89,074 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 94,283 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 92,023 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 87,324 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1965 | 87,762 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 92,797 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 91,421 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 92,689 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 96,164 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 88,747 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 92,335 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 90,757 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 | 82,345 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 79,501 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 81,551 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 78,680 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 76,776 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 82,585 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 83,942 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 91,163 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1987 | 70,304 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1988 | 86,459 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1989 | 89,905 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 93,430 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 95,805 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 95,834 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 98,781 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 101,610 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 100,294 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 100,404 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 99,705 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 98,177 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 97,322 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 97,375 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 96,493 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 95,680 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 98,291 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 98,132 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 96,192 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 95,378 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 91,682 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 88,490 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 85,258 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 87,519 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 80,537 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 78,362 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 77,866 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 77,153 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 75,159 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 71,929 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 73,514 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 76,033 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 70,254 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2020 | 72,854 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 70,008 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 71,820 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 69,128 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 69,885 kg/ha | +1.1% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 69,885 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 53,832 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 69,885 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 33,333 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91,504 kg/ha | 87,324 kg/ha | 96,164 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 85,187 kg/ha | 79,780 kg/ha | 92,335 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 82,087 kg/ha | 70,304 kg/ha | 91,163 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 98,136 kg/ha | 93,430 kg/ha | 101,610 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 94,297 kg/ha | 85,258 kg/ha | 98,291 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 76,833 kg/ha | 70,254 kg/ha | 87,519 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 70,739 kg/ha | 69,128 kg/ha | 72,854 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Egypt?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Egypt was 69,885 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 101,610 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 69,128 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Egypt rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Egypt ranks 44th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — Yield. 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.