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Egypt

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  • Egypt has a population of about 118.4M; its total GDP of $365.3B ranks #41 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 998,978 km² is about 5.3× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Forest area stands out most against the median: 0.0% — rank #166 of 169 countries with data.

Egypt: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 118.4M (2025) #13 / 169 median 11.5M · 10×
Population growth 1.6% (2025) #63 / 169 median 1.1% · 1.4×
Urban population share 42.9% (2025) #132 / 169 median 63.8% · 67%
Population aged 65+ 5.3% (2025) #102 / 169 median 7.4% · 71%
Fertility rate 2.7 (2024) #52 / 169 median 2.1 · 1.3×
Birth rate 20.9‰ (2024) #60 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 1.3×
Death rate 5.5‰ (2024) #137 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 77%
Net migration -57.3K (2025) #150 / 169 N/A
Surface area 998,978 km² #31 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 5.3×
Population density derived 118/km² (2025) #49 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 1.6×
Economy
GDP (total) $365.3B (2025) #41 / 168 median $80.7B · 4.5×
GDP per capita $3,086 (2025) #117 / 168 median $6,834 · 45%
GNI per capita $3,260 (2025) #113 / 168 median $6,350 · 51%
GDP growth (annual) 4.4% (2025) #54 / 168 median 3.1% · 1.4×
Inflation rate 14.1% (2025) #16 / 162 median 3.3% · 4.3×
Unemployment rate 6.8% (2025) #59 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.3×
Gini index 28.5 (2021) #134 / 153 median 35.3 · 81%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 1.4% (2021) #88 / 153 median 2.5% · 56%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 19.8% (2025) #129 / 163 median 35.0% · 57%
Imports share of GDP 31.5% (2025) #107 / 163 median 40.2% · 78%
Agriculture share of GDP 16.6% (2025) #45 / 168 median 7.2% · 2.3×
Manufacturing share of GDP 14.5% (2025) #45 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.3×
International tourist arrivals 13M (2019) #19 / 162 median 1.1M · 12×
Tourism receipts $4.9B (2020) #33 / 165 median $705M · 6.9×
Health & education
Life expectancy 71.8 years (2024) #102 / 169 median 73.8 years · 97%
Infant mortality 20.8‰ (2024) #63 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 1.6×
Under-five mortality 22.4‰ (2024) #64 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 1.4×
DPT immunization 97.0% (2024) #25 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Hospital beds 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) #120 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 52%
Health spending share of GDP 4.9% (2023) #109 / 165 median 6.5% · 75%
Secondary school enrollment 84.8% (2024) #100 / 167 median 90.5% · 94%
Education spending share of GDP 3.8% (2008) #96 / 165 median 4.1% · 91%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.754 (2023) #82 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.0×
Internet users 74.6% (2024) #98 / 169 median 81.5% · 92%
Mobile subscriptions 97.1 per 100 (2024) #118 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 83%
Fixed broadband 11.7 per 100 (2024) #87 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 97%
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #21 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 2.5 t (2024) #87 / 165 median 2.6 t · 95%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 292 Mt (2024) #21 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 14×
Renewable electricity share 12.2% (2021) #126 / 169 median 34.1% · 36%
Renewable energy consumption 6.1% (2021) #146 / 169 median 26.9% · 23%
Forest area 0.0% (2023) #166 / 169 median 32.4% · <1%
Agricultural land 4.1% (2023) #160 / 169 median 41.7% · 10%
Arable land 3.1% (2023) #132 / 168 median 11.0% · 28%
PM2.5 exposure 43.1 µg/m³ (2023) #16 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 2.2×
Military spending 0.7% (2024) #141 / 157 median 1.8% · 37%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Egypt's true-shape outline

Egypt's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 998,978 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).