Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Egypt
Egypt: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.1982 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Egypt, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 0.1982 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 6.4% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Egypt peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.1982, in 2023.
That places Egypt 135th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8141 | 0.7471 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.6696 | 0.5243 | 0.7586 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4556 | 0.3972 | 0.5161 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.353 | 0.3241 | 0.3833 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2554 | 0.2104 | 0.3018 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.224 | 0.2018 | 0.2461 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2206 | 0.1982 | 0.25 | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Egypt?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Egypt was 0.1982 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1982 in 2023.
- How does Egypt rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Egypt ranks 135th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).