Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 727,779 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — area harvested in Egypt is 727,779 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 727,779 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 183,588 ha, in 1962.
That places Egypt 8th out of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 185,370 ha | — |
| 1962 | 183,588 ha | -1.0% |
| 1963 | 201,991 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 204,246 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 207,410 ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 217,241 ha | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 217,595 ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 242,300 ha | +11.4% |
| 1969 | 252,459 ha | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 241,742 ha | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 250,045 ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 247,155 ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 263,169 ha | +6.5% |
| 1974 | 275,032 ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 293,098 ha | +6.6% |
| 1976 | 299,136 ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 296,269 ha | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 291,492 ha | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 306,808 ha | +5.3% |
| 1980 | 312,104 ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 302,630 ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 302,119 ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 315,493 ha | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 300,235 ha | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 317,160 ha | +5.6% |
| 1986 | 350,240 ha | +10.4% |
| 1987 | 348,363 ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 345,445 ha | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 335,471 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 319,342 ha | -4.8% |
| 1991 | 312,697 ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 319,603 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 315,395 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 321,690 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 356,963 ha | +11.0% |
| 1996 | 395,021 ha | +10.7% |
| 1997 | 403,565 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 441,204 ha | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 472,713 ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 510,815 ha | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 483,493 ha | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 535,824 ha | +10.8% |
| 2003 | 584,647 ha | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 567,583 ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 577,281 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 609,411 ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 641,089 ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 656,828 ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 703,941 ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 681,255 ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 673,401 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 681,138 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 641,595 ha | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 665,989 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 680,178 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 632,671 ha | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 624,102 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 630,400 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 653,324 ha | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 636,645 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 603,898 ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 676,313 ha | +12.0% |
| 2023 | 703,721 ha | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 727,779 ha | +3.4% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 727,779 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 59,228 ha, 12.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 727,779 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 42,858 ha, 17.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 212,467 ha | 183,588 ha | 252,459 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 276,395 ha | 241,742 ha | 306,808 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 322,926 ha | 300,235 ha | 350,240 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 365,819 ha | 312,697 ha | 472,713 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 587,091 ha | 483,493 ha | 703,941 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 656,405 ha | 624,102 ha | 681,255 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 669,671 ha | 603,898 ha | 727,779 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 5 Türkiye 683,724 ha compare
- 5 USSR 1.66 million ha compare
- 6 Indonesia 1.19 million ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 443,420 ha compare
- 7 Philippines 789,007 ha compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 321,319 ha compare
- 9 Bangladesh 702,137 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 272,954 ha compare
- 10 Cameroon 680,510 ha compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 192,215 ha compare
- 11 Mexico 670,490 ha compare
- 11 Syrian Arab Republic 99,761 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0355 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0355 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Egypt?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Egypt was 727,779 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 727,779 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 183,588 ha in 1962.
- How does Egypt rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 8th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.