# Potato production in Egypt

Potato production in Egypt was 8,082,291 tonnes in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `potato_production`
- Place id: `eg`
- Unit: tonnes
- Definition: Quantity of potatoes produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.
- Note: FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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| Period | tonnes |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 8,082,291 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 8,572,519 |
| 2022 | 7,210,464 |
| 2021 | 6,273,931 |
| 2020 | 6,786,340 |
| 2019 | 5,200,563 |
| 2018 | 4,960,062 |
| 2017 | 4,841,040 |
| 2016 | 4,113,441 |
| 2015 | 4,955,445 |
| 2014 | 4,611,065 |
| 2013 | 4,265,178 |
| 2012 | 4,758,040 |
| 2011 | 4,338,431 |
| 2010 | 3,643,217 |
| 2009 | 3,659,284 |
| 2008 | 3,567,050 |
| 2007 | 2,760,460 |
| 2006 | 2,312,790 |
| 2005 | 3,167,430 |
| 2004 | 2,546,610 |
| 2003 | 2,039,351 |
| 2002 | 1,985,317 |
| 2001 | 1,903,134 |
| 2000 | 1,769,910 |
| 1999 | 1,808,890 |
| 1998 | 1,984,013 |
| 1997 | 1,802,761 |
| 1996 | 2,626,021 |
| 1995 | 2,599,100 |
| 1994 | 1,324,649 |
| 1993 | 1,600,000 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 1,618,650 |
| 1991 | 1,786,057 |
| 1990 | 1,637,807 |
| 1989 | 1,657,029 |
| 1988 | 1,862,018 |
| 1987 | 1,800,748 |
| 1986 | 1,430,760 |
| 1985 | 1,478,229 |
| 1984 | 1,189,000 |
| 1983 | 1,095,000 |
| 1982 | 1,184,000 |
| 1981 | 1,194,870 |
| 1980 | 1,213,887 |
| 1979 | 1,018,725 |
| 1978 | 772,675 |
| 1977 | 1,010,801 |
| 1976 | 894,000 |
| 1975 | 720,000 |
| 1974 | 708,000 |
| 1973 | 798,000 |
| 1972 | 596,000 |
| 1971 | 450,596 |
| 1970 | 549,000 |
| 1969 | 487,398 |
| 1968 | 472,000 |
| 1967 | 278,480 |
| 1966 | 324,323 |
| 1965 | 440,849 |
| 1964 | 376,287 |
| 1963 | 420,371 |
| 1962 | 354,649 |
| 1961 | 392,383 |