Which has higher net food imports by crop - wheat, Egypt or Turkey?

Egypt, at 10.42 million against 9.96 million in Turkey as of 2019.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Turkey?

59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data, published as Net food imports by crop - Wheat. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs Turkey: Net food imports by crop - Wheat

Egypt

10.42 million

in 2019

Turkey

9.96 million

in 2019

Egypt rank

2nd

Turkey rank

3rd

Net food imports by crop - Wheat over time

Egypt
Turkey

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 10.42 million against 9.96 million in Turkey, a difference of 460,760.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Turkey ahead.

Egypt ranks 2nd and Turkey ranks 3rd of 175 countries.

Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Turkey	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.16 million	360,837	799,516	Egypt
1970s	2.51 million	304,340	2.21 million	Egypt
1980s	4.60 million	317,974	4.28 million	Egypt
1990s	5.46 million	766,304	4.70 million	Egypt
2000s	6.27 million	1.24 million	5.03 million	Egypt
2010s	10.48 million	4.90 million	5.58 million	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net food imports by crop - wheat, Egypt or Turkey?: Egypt, at 10.42 million against 9.96 million in Turkey as of 2019.
What is the difference in net food imports by crop - wheat between Egypt and Turkey?: 460,760, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Turkey?: 59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
How do Egypt and Turkey rank globally for net food imports by crop - wheat?: Egypt ranks 2nd and Turkey ranks 3rd of 175 countries.
Where does this data come from?: FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data, published as Net food imports by crop - Wheat. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Net food imports by crop - Wheat
Source: FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 175 places, 7,821 data points, 1961–2019
Last refreshed: 02 November 2026

Net food imports are generated from FAOSTAT, taking Export level (tonnes) from the Import level (tonnes) [both under Trade: Crops and Livestock Products]. Net food imports are a proxy for the country's vulnerability to global food prices.