Agricultural production to reach $6.7B by 2026
Muradour Intelligence predicts that Egypt's agricultural gross domestic product will reach $6.72 billion in 2026, with sustained growth to $8.41 billion by 2031. The market is heavily focused on high-value crops such as fruits, which accounted for 38.5% of the market in 2025. Wheat, while representing about 10% of the value of production, makes up roughly 20% of Egypt's imports due to the gap between domestic production and consumption. The report reflects a connection between agricultural output and import demand, especially for grains that do not meet local needs—wheat provides one-third of the daily caloric intake for Egyptians, making its importation a strategic necessity. Egypt also generated export revenues of $10.6 billion in 2025, a 21% increase from the previous year. However, the country faces severe water challenges, with per capita water availability at 560 cubic meters annually—well below the scarcity threshold of 1,000 cubic meters—imposing restrictions on agricultural expansion and encouraging land reclamation projects and improvements in irrigation systems to achieve water savings of 30 to 40%.
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