Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Egypt
Egypt: Rice — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0056 ha per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Egypt, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2023, rice — area harvested, per capita in Egypt stood at 0.0056 ha per person.
That represents a change of up 30.8% on the previous year and down 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested, per capita in Egypt peaked at 0.0154 ha per person in 1968 and was at its lowest, 0.0034 ha per person, in 2018.
That places Egypt 45th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0082 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0123 ha per person | +50.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0139 ha per person | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0135 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0116 ha per person | -14.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0113 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 0.014 ha per person | +24.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0154 ha per person | +9.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0148 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0139 ha per person | -6.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0135 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0133 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0113 ha per person | -15.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0116 ha per person | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0114 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0114 ha per person | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.0107 ha per person | -5.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0104 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0103 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0093 ha per person | -9.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0089 ha per person | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0093 ha per person | +4.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0089 ha per person | -4.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0084 ha per person | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0077 ha per person | -8.8% |
| 1986 | 0.0081 ha per person | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 0.0077 ha per person | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0064 ha per person | -17.2% |
| 1989 | 0.0073 ha per person | +14.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0075 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0077 ha per person | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0083 ha per person | +7.9% |
| 1993 | 0.0086 ha per person | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 0.009 ha per person | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 0.009 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0088 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0095 ha per person | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0074 ha per person | -22.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0092 ha per person | +23.7% |
| 2000 | 0.009 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0075 ha per person | -16.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0085 ha per person | +13.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0081 ha per person | -4.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0081 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0076 ha per person | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0081 ha per person | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0084 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0087 ha per person | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0066 ha per person | -24.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0052 ha per person | -21.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0065 ha per person | +26.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0067 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.0063 ha per person | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0059 ha per person | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0051 ha per person | -12.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0056 ha per person | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0053 ha per person | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0034 ha per person | -35.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0051 ha per person | +49.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0046 ha per person | -10.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0042 ha per person | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0043 ha per person | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0056 ha per person | +30.8% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.0056 ha per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0056 ha per person, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.0056 ha per person is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0001 ha per person, 42.6× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — Area harvested, per capita in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +50.4% | 0.0082 ha per person | 0.0123 ha per person |
| 2019 | +49.3% | 0.0034 ha per person | 0.0051 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0128 ha per person | 0.0082 ha per person | 0.0154 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0118 ha per person | 0.0103 ha per person | 0.0139 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0082 ha per person | 0.0064 ha per person | 0.0093 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0085 ha per person | 0.0074 ha per person | 0.0095 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0081 ha per person | 0.0066 ha per person | 0.009 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0055 ha per person | 0.0034 ha per person | 0.0067 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0047 ha per person | 0.0042 ha per person | 0.0056 ha per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More climate change data for Egypt
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.83 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 23,560 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 7,147 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 16,413 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 26.97 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 586.18 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 19,891 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 11,869 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 8,022 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 44.79 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested, per capita in Egypt?
- Rice — area harvested, per capita in Egypt was 0.0056 ha per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest rice — area harvested, per capita recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0154 ha per person in 1968.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested, per capita recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0034 ha per person in 2018.
- How does Egypt rank for rice — area harvested, per capita?
- Egypt ranks 45th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is rice — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Rice — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Rice — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Rice — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Rice — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.