Yields of key staple crops in Egypt
Egypt: Yields of key staple crops was 6.78 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yields of key staple crops in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
In 2024, yields of key staple crops in Egypt stood at 6.78 tonnes per hectare.
That represents a change of up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops 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 yields of key staple crops in Egypt?
- Yields of key staple crops in Egypt was 6.78 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of key staple crops recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 6.86 tonnes per hectare in 2017.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4 tonnes per hectare in 1969.
- How does Egypt rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Egypt ranks 9th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops 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) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.