10.9% increase in average share per capita share of rice in 2020

CAIRO - 7 April 2022: Self-sufficiency of wheat amounted to 41.4 percent in 2020, according to the Central Mobilization and Statistical Authority (CAPMAS).

 

CAPMAS stated that the average share per capita recorded 156.1 kg compared to 153.3 kg in 2019, marking an increase of 1.8 percent.

 

“Self-sufficiency of rice reached 98.3 percent in 2020, with an average share per capita hitting 29.6 kg compared to 26.7 kg in 2019, with an increase of 10.9 percent,” it added.

 

 

As for vegetables, self-sufficiency of vegetables recorded 103.7 percent in 2020, with an average share per capita recording 73.6 kg, compared to 77.5 kg in 2019, marking a decrease of 5 percent.

 

The self-sufficiency of the fruit was 100.6 percent in 2020, an average share per capita declined 7 percent to 58.5 kg compared to 62.9 kg in 2019.

 

The self-sufficiency of red meat reached 53.8 percent in 2020, and the average share per capita recorded 7.3 kg, compared to 7.2 kg in 2019, with an increase of 1.4 percent.

 

Self-sufficiency of pourtly and birds hit 98.1 percent in 2020 and an average share per capita 15.4 kg, compared to 13.7 kg in 2019, with an increase of 12.4 percent due to the increase production by 15.1 percent.