Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Egypt
Egypt: Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture was 1,160 Square kilometres in 2024. ▲ Rising
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Egypt, 2005–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 1,160 Square kilometres for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Egypt peaked at 1,160 Square kilometres in 2024 and was at its lowest, 142 Square kilometres, in 2006.
Egypt ranks 45th of 152 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 246 Square kilometres | — |
| 2006 | 142 Square kilometres | -42.3% |
| 2007 | 192 Square kilometres | +35.2% |
| 2008 | 400 Square kilometres | +108.3% |
| 2009 | 560 Square kilometres | +40.0% |
| 2010 | 820 Square kilometres | +46.4% |
| 2011 | 820 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 820 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 858 Square kilometres | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 858 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 858 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,059 Square kilometres | +23.4% |
| 2017 | 1,059 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,160 Square kilometres | +9.5% |
| 2019 | 1,160 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,160 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,160 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,160 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,160 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,160 Square kilometres | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 308 Square kilometres | 142 Square kilometres | 560 Square kilometres | 5 |
| 2010s | 947.22 Square kilometres | 820 Square kilometres | 1,160 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,160 Square kilometres | 1,160 Square kilometres | 1,160 Square kilometres | 5 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0103 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 34.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0044 t per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Egypt?
- Land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture in Egypt was 1,160 Square kilometres in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1,160 Square kilometres in 2024.
- What is the lowest land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 142 Square kilometres in 2006.
- How does Egypt rank for land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture?
- Egypt ranks 45th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is land use — agriculture area under organic agriculture rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: August 5, 2026 Database documentation Countries metadata