Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 11,989 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 11,989 ha for sweet potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 16.4% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 29,371 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2,100 ha, in 1989.
Egypt ranks 38th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,914 ha | -14.9% |
| 1963 | 4,147 ha | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 4,466 ha | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 4,227 ha | -5.4% |
| 1966 | 4,003 ha | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 3,251 ha | -18.8% |
| 1968 | 3,780 ha | +16.3% |
| 1969 | 4,200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1970 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,781 ha | -10.0% |
| 1972 | 3,781 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,361 ha | -11.1% |
| 1974 | 2,941 ha | -12.5% |
| 1975 | 3,781 ha | +28.6% |
| 1976 | 3,361 ha | -11.1% |
| 1977 | 3,286 ha | -2.2% |
| 1978 | 2,914 ha | -11.3% |
| 1979 | 4,379 ha | +50.3% |
| 1980 | 3,605 ha | -17.7% |
| 1981 | 3,781 ha | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 5,430 ha | +43.6% |
| 1983 | 3,360 ha | -38.1% |
| 1984 | 3,780 ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 5,040 ha | +33.3% |
| 1986 | 4,620 ha | -8.3% |
| 1987 | 2,520 ha | -45.5% |
| 1988 | 4,620 ha | +83.3% |
| 1989 | 2,100 ha | -54.5% |
| 1990 | 3,966 ha | +88.9% |
| 1991 | 4,715 ha | +18.9% |
| 1992 | 3,722 ha | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 5,484 ha | +47.3% |
| 1994 | 6,161 ha | +12.3% |
| 1995 | 6,352 ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 6,381 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 8,463 ha | +32.6% |
| 1998 | 9,396 ha | +11.0% |
| 1999 | 10,520 ha | +12.0% |
| 2000 | 9,130 ha | -13.2% |
| 2001 | 11,807 ha | +29.3% |
| 2002 | 8,392 ha | -28.9% |
| 2003 | 10,967 ha | +30.7% |
| 2004 | 9,622 ha | -12.3% |
| 2005 | 20,000 ha | +107.9% |
| 2006 | 29,371 ha | +46.9% |
| 2007 | 12,193 ha | -58.5% |
| 2008 | 9,369 ha | -23.2% |
| 2009 | 12,517 ha | +33.6% |
| 2010 | 12,118 ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 8,639 ha | -28.7% |
| 2012 | 9,869 ha | +14.2% |
| 2013 | 11,148 ha | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 9,993 ha | -10.4% |
| 2015 | 11,933 ha | +19.4% |
| 2016 | 13,482 ha | +13.0% |
| 2017 | 10,516 ha | -22.0% |
| 2018 | 15,650 ha | +48.8% |
| 2019 | 13,348 ha | -14.7% |
| 2020 | 19,210 ha | +43.9% |
| 2021 | 13,943 ha | -27.4% |
| 2022 | 9,234 ha | -33.8% |
| 2023 | 10,296 ha | +11.5% |
| 2024 | 11,989 ha | +16.4% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 11,989 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,882 ha, 1.2× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 11,989 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 278.5 ha, 43.0× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,065 ha | 3,251 ha | 4,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,578 ha | 2,914 ha | 4,379 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,886 ha | 2,100 ha | 5,430 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,516 ha | 3,722 ha | 10,520 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,337 ha | 8,392 ha | 29,371 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,670 ha | 8,639 ha | 15,650 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,934 ha | 9,234 ha | 19,210 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 35 Niger 16,311 ha compare
- 36 Peru 16,290 ha compare
- 37 Benin 12,318 ha compare
- 39 Sudan (former) 10,500 ha compare
- 40 Burkina Faso 10,122 ha compare
- 41 Dominican Republic 9,774 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Egypt?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Egypt was 11,989 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 29,371 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,100 ha in 1989.
- How does Egypt rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 38th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. 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 Sweet potatoes — 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.