Vegetables — Food in Egypt
Egypt: Vegetables — Food was 15,542 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Vegetables — Food in Egypt, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, vegetables — food in Egypt stood at 15,542 1000 t.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables — food in Egypt peaked at 17,457 1000 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 14,278 1000 t, in 2020.
Egypt ranks 9th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Vegetables — Food in Egypt, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17,129 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 16,546 1000 t | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 17,457 1000 t | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 15,378 1000 t | -11.9% |
| 2014 | 16,922 1000 t | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 16,318 1000 t | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 15,658 1000 t | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 15,085 1000 t | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 15,279 1000 t | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 14,786 1000 t | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 14,278 1000 t | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 14,574 1000 t | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 16,281 1000 t | +11.7% |
| 2023 | 15,542 1000 t | -4.5% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 15,542 1000 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 798 1000 t, 19.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 15,542 1000 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,386 1000 t, 11.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 16,056 1000 t | 14,786 1000 t | 17,457 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,169 1000 t | 14,278 1000 t | 16,281 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
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 vegetables — food in Egypt?
- Vegetables — food in Egypt was 15,542 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables — food recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 17,457 1000 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest vegetables — food recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,278 1000 t in 2020.
- How does Egypt rank for vegetables — food?
- Egypt ranks 9th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is vegetables — food rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. 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 Vegetables — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.