Taro — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Taro — Yield was 36,345 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 36,345 kg/ha for taro — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Egypt peaked at 37,296 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 19,841 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Egypt 3rd out of 52 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.
Taro — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,841 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,000 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1963 | 21,429 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1964 | 24,603 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1965 | 26,190 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1966 | 27,778 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 29,365 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 25,595 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1969 | 24,405 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1970 | 24,603 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 25,397 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 24,405 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 22,619 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1974 | 24,206 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 25,000 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 26,182 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 30,463 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1978 | 30,918 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 31,629 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 31,556 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 32,744 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 33,512 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 32,440 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 35,034 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 27,976 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1986 | 30,952 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1987 | 31,845 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 31,633 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 29,762 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1990 | 33,674 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1991 | 35,119 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 32,760 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 32,895 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 33,333 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 33,582 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 33,866 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 33,677 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 34,767 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 24,451 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 2000 | 23,564 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 25,000 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 22,093 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2003 | 29,919 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 2004 | 33,652 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 29,412 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2006 | 29,851 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 35,006 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2008 | 33,914 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 32,877 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 29,131 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2011 | 29,717 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 37,112 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2013 | 36,398 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 34,817 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 37,296 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 34,720 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 35,577 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 35,904 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 35,882 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 36,814 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 33,942 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2022 | 32,089 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 34,982 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2024 | 36,345 kg/ha | +3.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 36,345 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,771 kg/ha, 4.7× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,912 kg/ha | 19,841 kg/ha | 29,365 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,542 kg/ha | 22,619 kg/ha | 31,629 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,746 kg/ha | 27,976 kg/ha | 35,034 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,812 kg/ha | 24,451 kg/ha | 35,119 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,529 kg/ha | 22,093 kg/ha | 35,006 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,655 kg/ha | 29,131 kg/ha | 37,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,834 kg/ha | 32,089 kg/ha | 36,814 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 taro — yield in Egypt?
- Taro — yield in Egypt was 36,345 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 37,296 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,841 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for taro — yield?
- Egypt ranks 3rd out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. 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 Taro — 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.