Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Egypt
Egypt: Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number was 94.77 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Egypt is 94.77, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 11.2% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Egypt peaked at 121.03 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 24.03, in 1989.
That places Egypt 47th out of 101 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 78.98 | — |
| 1962 | 68.04 | -13.9% |
| 1963 | 70.55 | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 73.48 | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 69.7 | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 65.85 | -5.5% |
| 1967 | 52.64 | -20.1% |
| 1968 | 58.86 | +11.8% |
| 1969 | 66.69 | +13.3% |
| 1970 | 61.13 | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 59.03 | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 59.06 | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 40.27 | -31.8% |
| 1974 | 39.35 | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 48.04 | +22.1% |
| 1976 | 43.18 | -10.1% |
| 1977 | 41.85 | -3.1% |
| 1978 | 37.75 | -9.8% |
| 1979 | 60.26 | +59.6% |
| 1980 | 48.87 | -18.9% |
| 1981 | 47.41 | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 67.07 | +41.5% |
| 1983 | 43.25 | -35.5% |
| 1984 | 48.54 | +12.2% |
| 1985 | 64.79 | +33.5% |
| 1986 | 52.95 | -18.3% |
| 1987 | 29.23 | -44.8% |
| 1988 | 52.34 | +79.1% |
| 1989 | 24.03 | -54.1% |
| 1990 | 43.62 | +81.5% |
| 1991 | 52.9 | +21.3% |
| 1992 | 36.38 | -31.2% |
| 1993 | 56.57 | +55.5% |
| 1994 | 58.98 | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 62.59 | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 54.85 | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 69.26 | +26.3% |
| 1998 | 80.31 | +16.0% |
| 1999 | 88.11 | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 85.03 | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 104.98 | +23.5% |
| 2002 | 75.92 | -27.7% |
| 2003 | 98.39 | +29.6% |
| 2004 | 84.79 | -13.8% |
| 2005 | 107.47 | +26.7% |
| 2006 | 105.86 | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 107.43 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 75.11 | -30.1% |
| 2009 | 101.67 | +35.4% |
| 2010 | 103.55 | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 75.16 | -27.4% |
| 2012 | 85.34 | +13.5% |
| 2013 | 98.07 | +14.9% |
| 2014 | 86.57 | -11.7% |
| 2015 | 102.08 | +17.9% |
| 2016 | 111.35 | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 85.32 | -23.4% |
| 2018 | 117.05 | +37.2% |
| 2019 | 103.5 | -11.6% |
| 2020 | 121.03 | +16.9% |
| 2021 | 110.24 | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 70.45 | -36.1% |
| 2023 | 85.2 | +20.9% |
| 2024 | 94.77 | +11.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67.2 | 52.64 | 78.98 | 9 |
| 1970s | 48.99 | 37.75 | 61.13 | 10 |
| 1980s | 47.85 | 24.03 | 67.07 | 10 |
| 1990s | 60.36 | 36.38 | 88.11 | 10 |
| 2000s | 94.66 | 75.11 | 107.47 | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.8 | 75.16 | 117.05 | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.34 | 70.45 | 121.03 | 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 sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Egypt?
- Sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number in Egypt was 94.77 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 121.03 in 2020.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.03 in 1989.
- How does Egypt rank for sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number?
- Egypt ranks 47th out of 101 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — gross per capita production index number rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. 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 Sweet potatoes — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.