Agriculture value added share of GDP (%) in Egypt
Egypt: Agriculture value added share of GDP (%) was 13.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agriculture value added share of GDP in Egypt, 2001–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 13.7% for agriculture value added share of gdp in 2024.
That represents a change of up 29.3% on the previous year and up 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture value added share of gdp in Egypt peaked at 13.9% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 10.6%, in 2023.
That places Egypt 59th out of 205 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Agriculture value added share of GDP (%) in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 12.0% | — |
| 2002 | 11.7% | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 12.3% | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 13.2% | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 13.7% | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 13.2% | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 13.4% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 13.0% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 13.3% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 13.9% | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 11.3% | -18.7% |
| 2013 | 11.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 11.3% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 11.4% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 11.8% | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 11.0% | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 10.8% | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 10.7% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 11.2% | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 11.4% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 10.9% | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 10.6% | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 13.7% | +29.3% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 13.7% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16.6%, 83% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 13.7% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4.0%, 3.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture value added share of GDP (%) in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +29.3% | 10.6% | 13.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.8% | 11.7% | 13.7% | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.7% | 10.7% | 13.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.6% | 10.6% | 13.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More economy & growth data for Egypt
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 83.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.11 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.63 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 79.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.469 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 70.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.3425 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -20.37 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture value added share of gdp in Egypt?
- Agriculture value added share of gdp in Egypt was 13.7% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest agriculture value added share of gdp recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 13.9% in 2011.
- What is the lowest agriculture value added share of gdp recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.6% in 2023.
- How does Egypt rank for agriculture value added share of gdp?
- Egypt ranks 59th out of 205 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agriculture value added share of gdp rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Agriculture value added share of GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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