Country Overview Wheat Data Indicator (Source) Value Year Total Land (FAO) 995,450 km2 2012 Arable Land (FAO) 2,800,000 ha 2012 Wheat area (FAO) 1,425,060 ha 2014 Wheat area (USDA) 1,260,000 ha 2015 Wheat yield (FAO) t/ha 2014 Wheat yield (USDA) 6 t/ha 2015 Wheat production (FAO) 9,279,804 t 2014 Wheat production (USDA) 8,100,000 t 2015 Wheat total domestic consumption (USDA) 19,600,000 t 2015 Wheat domestic supply (FAO) 18,064,447 t 2011 Wheat imports (FAO) 11,428,300 t 2012 Wheat imports (USDA) 11,500,000 t 2015 Wheat exports (FAO) 539 t 2012 Wheat exports (USDA) 350,000 t 2015 Wheat seed production (FAO) 245,880 t 2013 Wheat Data Indicator (Source) Value Year Food supply - TOTAL kcal/capita/year (FAO) 3,557 2011 Food supply - CEREALS kcal/capita/year (FAO) 2,217 2011 Percentage of total daily calories from cereals (FAO) 62 % 2011 Food supply - WHEAT kcal/capita/year (FAO) 1,169 2011 Percentage of total daily calories from wheat (FAO) 33 % 2011 Total supply wheat (USDA) 23,852,000 t 2015 Beginning stocks (USDA) 4,252,000 t 2015 Ending stocks (USDA) 3,902,000 t 2015 Feed domestic consumption (USDA) 1,800,000 t 2015 Food, seed & industrial consumption (USDA) 17,800,000 t 2015 Demographic Data Indicator - year (Source) Year Value % Total population - (FAO) 2024 95,836,000 100% Total population projection - (FAO) 2020 91,062,000 95% Total population projection - (FAO) 2050 121,798,000 127% Urban population - (FAO) 2024 44,964,000 100% Urban population projection - (FAO) 2020 41,439,000 92% Urban population projection - (FAO) 2050 73,048,000 162% Rural Population - (FAO) 2024 50,872,000 100% Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2020 49,623,000 97% Rural Population projection - (FAO) 2050 48,750,000 95% Agricultural population - (FAO) 2020 5,877,000 100% Agricultural population projection - (FAO) 2020 5,877,000 100 % --- --- --- Human Development Index (UNDP) 2011 0.644 Literacy rate, adult total (WB) (percentage of people ages 15 and above) EGY 2,013 Life expectancy at birth, total (WB) (years) EGY 2,013 Demographic Data Indicator - year (Source) Value Year Population bellow US$ 1.25 - EGY (WB) 2013 % Multidimensional Poverty Index (UNDP) 0.024 2008 Unemployment total (WB) (percentage) 2,013 EGY GDP per capita (WB) (US$) 2,013 EGY GDP growth annual (WB) (percentage) 2,013 EGY Agriculture, value added (WB) (percentage of GDP) 2,013 EGY Fertilizer consumption (WB) (% of fertilizer production) 2,013 EGY Fertilizer consumption (WB) (kilograms per hectare of arable land) 2,013 EGY Nº of tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land (WB) 2,013 EGY Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people (WB) 2,013 EGY Internet users per 100 people (WB) This country is not found in our database or data is not available. External Links FAO Country Brief http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=EGY World Bank - country brief http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/egypt Index Mundi - country brief http://www.indexmundi.com/egypt/ Source FAO: Last update on August 15, 2015. USDA: Last update on August 15, 2015. UNDP: Last update on February 22, 2013. WB: Instant updates via API.