Wheat — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Wheat — Area harvested was 1.39 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Egypt is 1.39 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 1.46 million ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 481,000 ha, in 1965.
Egypt ranks 27th of 124 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 581,409 ha | — |
| 1962 | 611,226 ha | +5.1% |
| 1963 | 565,000 ha | -7.6% |
| 1964 | 544,393 ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 481,000 ha | -11.6% |
| 1966 | 542,000 ha | +12.7% |
| 1967 | 530,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 602,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1969 | 531,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1970 | 551,145 ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 569,628 ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 523,420 ha | -8.1% |
| 1973 | 524,867 ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 577,000 ha | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 585,592 ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 586,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 509,304 ha | -13.1% |
| 1978 | 579,710 ha | +13.8% |
| 1979 | 587,231 ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 556,995 ha | -5.1% |
| 1981 | 587,830 ha | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 576,917 ha | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 554,500 ha | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 495,034 ha | -10.7% |
| 1985 | 498,000 ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 507,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 577,000 ha | +13.8% |
| 1988 | 597,350 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 643,921 ha | +7.8% |
| 1990 | 821,301 ha | +27.5% |
| 1991 | 930,702 ha | +13.3% |
| 1992 | 878,846 ha | -5.6% |
| 1993 | 912,324 ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 886,950 ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 1.06 million ha | +19.0% |
| 1996 | 1.02 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 1.04 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 1.02 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 999,998 ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 1.03 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 983,741 ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 1.03 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 1.05 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 1.09 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 1.25 million ha | +14.5% |
| 2006 | 1.29 million ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 1.14 million ha | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 1.23 million ha | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 1.34 million ha | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 1.29 million ha | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 1.28 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.34 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 1.42 million ha | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 1.43 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 1.46 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 1.41 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 1.23 million ha | -12.9% |
| 2018 | 1.33 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 1.32 million ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 1.43 million ha | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 1.44 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 1.44 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.34 million ha | -6.9% |
| 2024 | 1.39 million ha | +3.7% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 1.39 million ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 55,000 ha, 25.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 1.39 million ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 63,748 ha, 21.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 554,225 ha | 481,000 ha | 611,226 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 559,390 ha | 509,304 ha | 587,231 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 559,455 ha | 495,034 ha | 643,921 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 956,456 ha | 821,301 ha | 1.06 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.14 million ha | 983,741 ha | 1.34 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.35 million ha | 1.23 million ha | 1.46 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.41 million ha | 1.34 million ha | 1.44 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 24 Italy 1.70 million ha compare
- 25 Yugoslav SFR 1.55 million ha compare
- 26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.53 million ha compare
- 28 Uzbekistan 1.24 million ha compare
- 29 Bulgaria 1.19 million ha compare
- 30 Czechoslovakia 1.11 million ha compare
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 wheat — area harvested in Egypt?
- Wheat — area harvested in Egypt was 1.39 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1.46 million ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 481,000 ha in 1965.
- How does Egypt rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 27th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. 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 Wheat — 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.