Vegetables Primary — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 26,184 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 26,184 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Egypt peaked at 26,754 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 15,261 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Egypt 47th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,261 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,552 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1963 | 16,524 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 16,939 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 17,058 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 17,567 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 16,072 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1968 | 16,327 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 16,597 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 16,799 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 17,197 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 16,751 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 15,826 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1974 | 16,674 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1975 | 16,706 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 17,071 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 17,247 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 17,863 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 18,343 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 18,839 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 19,360 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 19,997 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 20,365 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 21,407 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 22,648 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 23,981 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 25,364 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 22,804 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1989 | 21,381 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 24,497 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1991 | 23,857 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 25,718 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 26,754 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 26,319 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 24,646 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1996 | 25,824 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 25,350 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 24,194 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 24,508 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 24,605 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 24,339 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 23,262 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 23,283 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 24,696 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 24,956 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 25,518 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 25,351 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 26,335 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 26,678 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 24,622 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2011 | 24,420 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 25,166 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 23,840 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 24,877 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 24,343 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 24,296 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 24,983 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 24,507 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 24,565 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 24,478 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 26,309 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 25,607 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 26,161 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 26,184 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 26,184 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,200 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 26,184 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 27,100 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,544 kg/ha | 15,261 kg/ha | 17,567 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,048 kg/ha | 15,826 kg/ha | 18,343 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,615 kg/ha | 18,839 kg/ha | 25,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,167 kg/ha | 23,857 kg/ha | 26,754 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,902 kg/ha | 23,262 kg/ha | 26,678 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,562 kg/ha | 23,840 kg/ha | 25,166 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,748 kg/ha | 24,478 kg/ha | 26,309 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 vegetables primary — yield in Egypt?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Egypt was 26,184 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 26,754 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,261 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Egypt rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Egypt ranks 47th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 — 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.