Wheat yields in Egypt
Egypt: Wheat yields was 6.78 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat yields in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 6.78 tonnes per hectare for wheat yields in 2024.
The figure is up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat yields in Egypt peaked at 6.86 tonnes per hectare in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2.4 tonnes per hectare, in 1969.
Egypt ranks 9th of 125 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.58 tonnes per hectare | 2.4 tonnes per hectare | 2.76 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.25 tonnes per hectare | 2.76 tonnes per hectare | 3.69 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.91 tonnes per hectare | 3.12 tonnes per hectare | 4.94 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.46 tonnes per hectare | 4.82 tonnes per hectare | 6.35 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.45 tonnes per hectare | 6.34 tonnes per hectare | 6.56 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.44 tonnes per hectare | 5.57 tonnes per hectare | 6.86 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.69 tonnes per hectare | 6.37 tonnes per hectare | 6.85 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 60.46 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.6% (2025)
- Rural population 67.58 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 57.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 3.16 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat yields in Egypt?
- Wheat yields in Egypt was 6.78 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest wheat yields recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 6.86 tonnes per hectare in 2017.
- What is the lowest wheat yields recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4 tonnes per hectare in 1969.
- How does Egypt rank for wheat yields?
- Egypt ranks 9th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat yields rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. 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 (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Wheat yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Harvested production per unit of harvested area for wheat.