Land use in Egypt
Egypt: Land use was 4.06 million hectares in 2023. ▲ Rising
Land use in Egypt, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land use in Egypt is 4.06 million hectares, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use in Egypt peaked at 4.06 million hectares in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.43 million hectares, in 1983.
Egypt ranks 65th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.66 million hectares | 2.49 million hectares | 2.83 million hectares | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.74 million hectares | 2.45 million hectares | 2.85 million hectares | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.50 million hectares | 2.43 million hectares | 2.58 million hectares | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.08 million hectares | 2.64 million hectares | 3.48 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.48 million hectares | 3.29 million hectares | 3.69 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.76 million hectares | 3.62 million hectares | 3.92 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.03 million hectares | 3.97 million hectares | 4.06 million hectares | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More environment data for Egypt
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 386.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.32 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 13.4 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4584 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 20.66 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0674 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 57.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.1169 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.5385 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 22.26 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use in Egypt?
- Land use in Egypt was 4.06 million hectares in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest land use recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 4.06 million hectares in 2022.
- What is the lowest land use recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.43 million hectares in 1983.
- How does Egypt rank for land use?
- Egypt ranks 65th out of 223 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Land use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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