Agricultural production in Egypt
According to FAOSTAT, Egypt produced 24.0 million t of cereals, 19.1 million t of vegetables (5th in the world), 16.7 million t of fruit (11th in the world), 3.4 million t of meat and 6.2 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were sugar beet (13.9 million t), sugar cane (13.3 million t) and wheat (9.4 million t).
- Products recorded
- 139
- World #1
- 2
- products
- World top 10
- 41
- products
- Year
- 2024
Egypt is the world’s largest producer of artichokes and pigeon and other bird meat, and ranks second or third for 9 other products.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in mangoes and guavas (+101%), followed by potatoes (+75%).
Livestock numbers: 2.6 million cattle, 20,688 pigs, 1.9 million sheep and 1.1 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All sugar crops | 27,195,102 | 14 | 1.22% | +0.3% |
| All cereals | 24,001,618 | 26 | 0.77% | +2.9% |
| All vegetables | 19,056,460 | 5 | 1.61% | +15% |
| All fruit | 16,651,396 | 11 | 1.75% | +13% |
| All roots and tubers | 8,649,442 | 25 | 0.92% | +70% |
| All milk | 6,168,594 | 28 | 0.63% | +10% |
| All citrus fruit | 5,857,700 | 5 | 3.54% | +33% |
| All meat | 3,382,565 | 21 | 0.9% | +55% |
| All eggs | 640,000 | 26 | 0.64% | +33% |
| All pulses | 321,730 | 42 | 0.33% | +14% |
| All tree nuts | 26,589 | 52 | 0.14% | −33% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar beet | 13,880,842 | 7 | 4.73% | +26% |
| Sugar cane | 13,314,260 | 14 | 0.69% | −17% |
| Wheat | 9,400,000 | 17 | 1.18% | +6.8% |
| Potatoes | 8,082,291 | 10 | 2.07% | +75% |
| Tomatoes | 7,521,071 | 5 | 3.99% | −9.3% |
| Maize | 7,206,000 | 20 | 0.59% | −11% |
| Rice (paddy) | 6,430,000 | 15 | 0.78% | +18% |
| Cow milk | 4,815,333 | 29 | 0.6% | +89% |
| Oranges | 4,200,000 | 4 | 6.25% | +34% |
| Onions, dry | 3,439,646 | 4 | 3.18% | +37% |
| Raw sugar | 2,850,000 | 13 | 1.52% | +37% |
| Chicken meat | 2,598,604 | 8 | 2.03% | +151% |
| Mangoes and guavas | 1,863,396 | 8 | 3% | +101% |
| Eggplants | 1,782,454 | 3 | 3.1% | +42% |
| Dates | 1,750,302 | 2 | 17.6% | +20% |
| Grapes | 1,696,018 | 13 | 2.23% | +6.3% |
| Molasses | 1,518,352 | 9 | 2.07% | +97% |
| Buffalo milk | 1,321,667 | 5 | 0.86% | −55% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 1,275,383 | 3 | 3.69% | +187% |
| Olives | 1,269,795 | 5 | 4.97% | +125% |
| Tangerines and mandarins | 1,265,813 | 6 | 2.44% | +32% |
| Bananas | 1,251,943 | 21 | 0.9% | −2.5% |
| Skim milk of cows | 1,115,582 | 27 | 0.78% | +69% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 1,083,726 | 7 | 2.42% | +80% |
| Apples | 959,101 | 15 | 0.98% | +54% |
| Strawberries | 880,847 | 3 | 8.21% | +211% |
| Sorghum | 780,000 | 18 | 1.21% | −3.0% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 719,687 | 28 | 0.26% | −0.9% |
| Watermelons | 712,514 | 19 | 0.68% | −65% |
| Hen eggs | 640,000 | 26 | 0.68% | +33% |
| Artichokes | 601,272 | 1 | 34.71% | +126% |
| Cabbages | 559,093 | 20 | 0.74% | +8.4% |
| Green garlic | 558,228 | 3 | 1.88% | +112% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 498,644 | 16 | 1.27% | +6.1% |
| Cucumbers | 487,305 | 11 | 0.55% | +2.9% |
| Melons | 485,038 | 13 | 1.72% | −54% |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 444,205 | 13 | 1.93% | +55% |
| Sweet potatoes | 443,511 | 25 | 0.49% | +31% |
| Soya bean oil | 394,100 | 18 | 0.66% | +37% |
| Lemons and limes | 381,921 | 15 | 1.65% | +26% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 321,031 | 37 | 0.46% | −24% |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 273,745 | 24 | 0.48% | +49% |
| Carrots and turnips | 254,558 | 30 | 0.56% | +40% |
| Seed cotton | 228,179 | 23 | 0.31% | −26% |
| Peaches and nectarines | 227,035 | 13 | 0.81% | −22% |
| Figs | 217,194 | 2 | 16.25% | +23% |
| Buffalo meat | 200,000 | 4 | 2.74% | −47% |
| Cotton seed | 194,879 | 17 | 0.48% | +46% |
| Cheese from skimmed cow milk | 184,743 | 6 | 6.75% | +102% |
| Peas, green | 174,210 | 7 | 0.8% | −5.3% |
| Beans, dry | 172,549 | 28 | 0.57% | +36% |
| Other beans, green | 166,634 | 9 | 0.64% | −34% |
| Cauliflower and broccoli | 155,605 | 18 | 0.58% | −0.4% |
| Cheese from milk of buffalo, fresh or processed | 136,714 | 3 | 20.89% | −46% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | 128,250 | 9 | 2.05% | −4.4% |
| Taro | 118,387 | 12 | 0.65% | −3.6% |
| Sunflower seed | 117,671 | 26 | 0.23% | +433% |
| Okra | 100,610 | 10 | 0.76% | +82% |
| Lettuce and chicory | 98,491 | 22 | 0.35% | −13% |
| Rye | 95,618 | 20 | 0.82% | +6.2% |
| Barley | 90,000 | 62 | 0.06% | −12% |
| Beer | 90,000 | 101 | 0.05% | −10% |
| Apricots | 86,817 | 12 | 1.89% | −11% |
| Pears | 84,582 | 24 | 0.31% | +45% |
| Cotton lint | 77,530 | 23 | 0.31% | −18% |
| Soybeans | 75,000 | 44 | 0.02% | +88% |
| Chillies and peppers, dry | 63,026 | 12 | 1.15% | +11% |
| Sheep meat | 55,000 | 35 | 0.48% | −27% |
| Butter of cow milk | 53,028 | 24 | 0.89% | +58% |
| Rabbit meat | 51,480 | 3 | 6.08% | −21% |
| Plums | 49,067 | 28 | 0.39% | +245% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | 48,493 | 9 | 3.32% | −81% |
| Butter of buffalo milk | 47,581 | 3 | 2.52% | −46% |
| Duck meat | 45,104 | 13 | 0.61% | −44% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 43,339 | 36 | 0.45% | −24% |
| Sesame seed | 41,708 | 21 | 0.62% | +7.6% |
| Olive oil | 40,000 | 10 | 1.52% | +264% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 33,708 | 38 | 0.38% | −24% |
| Edible offal of buffalo, fresh, chilled or frozen | 31,915 | 4 | 2.55% | −47% |
| Camel meat | 31,035 | 8 | 4.69% | +153% |
| Anise, coriander, cumin and fennel | 30,323 | 7 | 1.13% | +9.9% |
| Spinach | 29,682 | 21 | 0.1% | +4.7% |
| Other tropical fruits, n.e.c. | 27,593 | 33 | 0.12% | +7.8% |
| Margarine and shortening | 25,271 | 44 | 0.19% | +1.5% |
| Turkey meat | 25,048 | 20 | 0.49% | +109% |
| Walnuts, in shell | 23,580 | 16 | 0.54% | −1.9% |
| Sheep milk | 23,144 | 42 | 0.24% | −76% |
| Raw hides and skins of buffaloes | 22,553 | 5 | 1.5% | −47% |
| Cottonseed oil | 22,300 | 19 | 0.53% | −6.7% |
| Goat meat | 20,000 | 38 | 0.26% | −62% |
| Tea, packed | 19,872 | 23 | 0.27% | — |
| Groundnut oil | 16,221 | 32 | 0.25% | −19% |
| Other meat of mammals, fresh or chilled | 14,210 | 13 | 0.91% | +7.5% |
| Wool, greasy | 12,058 | 25 | 0.71% | +9.6% |
| Pigeon and other bird meat | 11,849 | 1 | 68.14% | −13% |
| Cream, fresh | 11,374 | 34 | 0.31% | +142% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 8,561 | 36 | 0.25% | −24% |
| Goose meat | 8,499 | 4 | 0.16% | −66% |
| Goat milk | 8,450 | 82 | 0.04% | −72% |
| Wine | 8,080 | 50 | 0.03% | +80% |
| Linseed | 8,000 | 14 | 0.27% | +78% |
| Flax, raw or retted | 7,700 | 8 | 0.6% | −1.9% |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | 7,474 | 54 | 0.17% | −1.6% |
| Cow peas, dry | 7,268 | 27 | 0.07% | +2.4% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 6,844 | 39 | 0.35% | −27% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 6,844 | 40 | 0.31% | −27% |
| Oil of linseed | 6,000 | 16 | 0.77% | +150% |
| Buffalo fat, unrendered | 5,532 | 4 | 1.24% | −47% |
| Other citrus fruit, n.e.c. | 5,441 | 32 | 0.04% | +3.2% |
| Other starchy roots and tubers | 5,253 | 42 | 0.05% | +7.0% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 4,887 | 29 | 0.75% | — |
| Grapefruit and pomelos | 4,524 | 47 | 0.05% | +79% |
| Honey | 3,782 | 52 | 0.19% | −31% |
| Yoghurt | 3,459 | 36 | 0.07% | — |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 3,400 | 59 | 0.02% | −82% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 3,292 | 39 | 0.22% | −62% |
| Other nuts | 3,009 | 38 | 0.28% | −81% |
| Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen | 2,839 | 9 | 2.99% | +153% |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 2,750 | 41 | 0.18% | −62% |
| Chick peas, dry | 2,632 | 32 | 0.02% | +99% |
| Jute, raw or retted | 2,279 | 9 | 0.06% | −9.2% |
| Vetches | 2,274 | 12 | 0.35% | +5.9% |
| Avocados | 2,025 | 52 | 0.02% | — |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 1,833 | 38 | 0.29% | −27% |
| Fat of camels | 1,189 | 8 | 4.03% | +153% |
| Other stone fruits | 1,132 | 19 | 0.18% | +7.6% |
| Peas, dry | 786 | 82 | 0.01% | +5,514% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 707 | 148 | 0% | +43% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 542 | 40 | 0.17% | −62% |
| Lentils, dry | 407 | 36 | 0.01% | −52% |
| Papayas | 400 | 60 | 0% | — |
| String beans | 311 | 17 | 0.03% | +0.3% |
| Beeswax | 118 | 29 | 0.18% | +2.6% |
| Lupins | 89 | 26 | 0.01% | −91% |
| Fat of pigs | 82 | 110 | 0% | +41% |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | 66 | 113 | 0% | +44% |
| Quinces | 48 | 34 | 0.01% | +12% |
| Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling | 7 | 19 | 0% | +17% |
| Raw silk (not thrown) | 1 | 17 | 0% | 0.0% |
Live animals, 2024
| Product | Head | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chickens | 272,284,000 | 16 | 0.98% | +94% |
| Other birds | 11,816,000 | 1 | 48.83% | −11% |
| Ducks | 8,437,000 | 14 | 0.66% | −28% |
| Rabbits and hares | 5,045,000 | 5 | 2.4% | −7.4% |
| Geese | 3,524,000 | 5 | 0.92% | −50% |
| Cattle | 2,625,729 | 73 | 0.17% | −45% |
| Sheep | 1,950,000 | 67 | 0.14% | −65% |
| Turkeys | 1,921,000 | 20 | 0.79% | −44% |
| Buffalo | 1,440,000 | 11 | 0.68% | −64% |
| Asses | 1,230,611 | 13 | 2.28% | −3.7% |
| Goats | 1,140,000 | 76 | 0.1% | −73% |
| Bees | 714,869 | 20 | 0.7% | −23% |
| Camels | 247,667 | 20 | 0.56% | +57% |
| Horses | 89,098 | 53 | 0.16% | +19% |
| Pigs | 20,688 | 143 | 0% | +95% |
| Mules and hinnies | 3,279 | 39 | 0.04% | +21% |
Egypt among the world’s producers, 2024
Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Egypt, which is outlined on the map.
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.
Production per person, 2024
Egypt had 117 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:
| Product | kg per person | World, kg per person | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar beet | 119 | 36.0 | 3.3× |
| Sugar cane | 114 | 238 | 0.5× |
| Wheat | 80.7 | 97.8 | 0.8× |
| Potatoes | 69.4 | 47.8 | 1.4× |
| Tomatoes | 64.5 | 23.1 | 2.8× |
| Maize | 61.8 | 149 | 0.4× |
| Rice (paddy) | 55.2 | 100 | 0.5× |
| Cow milk | 41.3 | 97.7 | 0.4× |
| Oranges | 36.0 | 8.24 | 4.4× |
| Onions, dry | 29.5 | 13.3 | 2.2× |
| Raw sugar | 24.5 | 23.0 | 1.1× |
| Chicken meat | 22.3 | 15.7 | 1.4× |
Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.
Trade in agricultural products, 2024
Egypt reported exports of 121 and imports of 96 of the products covered here; it was the world’s largest exporter of oranges; other fruits, n.e.c.; sweet potatoes.
Largest exports by value
| Product | Tonnes | Value | USD/kg | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oranges | 1,743,239 | USD 893 m | 0.51 | 1 of 115 |
| Potatoes | 898,674 | USD 410 m | 0.46 | 5 of 124 |
| Beans, dry | 296,423 | USD 396 m | 1.34 | 5 of 139 |
| Grapes | 158,417 | USD 293 m | 1.85 | 12 of 103 |
| Tangerines, mandarins, clementines | 482,999 | USD 217 m | 0.45 | 5 of 107 |
| Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) | 508,844 | USD 181 m | 0.36 | 7 of 117 |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 674,438 | USD 172 m | 0.25 | 1 of 131 |
| Sweet potatoes | 233,170 | USD 163 m | 0.70 | 1 of 97 |
| Soya bean oil | 165,925 | USD 159 m | 0.96 | 12 of 110 |
| Other tropical fruits, n.e.c. | 129,629 | USD 159 m | 1.23 | 3 of 54 |
Largest imports by value
| Product | Tonnes | Value | USD/kg | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 13,095,852 | USD 4.44 bn | 0.34 | 1 of 176 |
| Maize (corn) | 7,890,034 | USD 2.27 bn | 0.29 | 7 of 190 |
| Soya beans | 3,364,921 | USD 1.99 bn | 0.59 | 9 of 165 |
| Palm oil | 1,258,604 | USD 1.24 bn | 0.99 | 7 of 191 |
| Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) | 746,143 | USD 948 m | 1.27 | 17 of 183 |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 694,566 | USD 730 m | 1.05 | 8 of 186 |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | 309,475 | USD 296 m | 0.96 | 1 of 122 |
| Coffee, green | 79,239 | USD 281 m | 3.55 | 21 of 177 |
| Tea leaves | 97,371 | USD 273 m | 2.80 | 4 of 191 |
| Cotton lint, ginned | 240,350 | USD 271 m | 1.13 | 8 of 148 |
FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.
Questions and answers
What are the main crops produced in Egypt?
By volume, the largest products of Egypt in 2024 were sugar beet (13.9 million t), sugar cane (13.3 million t), wheat (9.4 million t), according to FAOSTAT.
Is Egypt the world’s largest producer of anything?
Yes. In 2024 Egypt was the world’s largest producer of 2 products: artichokes, pigeon and other bird meat.
How much sugar beet does Egypt produce per person?
About 119 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 36.0 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).
What does Egypt export most?
By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were oranges (USD 893 m), potatoes (USD 410 m), beans, dry (USD 396 m), according to FAOSTAT.
What does Egypt import most?
By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were wheat (USD 4.44 bn), maize (corn) (USD 2.27 bn), soya beans (USD 1.99 bn).
Where does this data come from?
Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.