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Key facts

  • Currency: Egyptian pound
  • Capital city: Cairo
  • Region: Northern Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 995,450 km²
  • Population: 110,990,103
  • Political Leader: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (President)

Latest news (see all)

Foreign Office travel warnings to Brits heading to Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco - full list

Read: Express

2024-04-19

Homecoming for one of Egypt's leading artists as Wael Shawky shows at the country's pavilion at the Venice Biennale

Read: The Art Newspaper

2024-04-18

Senior Russian diplomat discusses BRICS cooperation, arms control with Egyptian ambassador

Read: TASS News Agency

2024-04-18

Russian intel chief informs Putin about results of his visit to Egypt -- Kremlin

Read: TASS News Agency

2024-04-17

Egypt, a dead end for Sudanese exiles

Read: Le Monde

2024-04-16

Egyptian FM to visit Turkiye for talks on Mideast tensions

Read: Daily Sabah

2024-04-16

Demand for Egyptian debt surges after $55bn bailout and investment package

Read: Financial Times

2024-04-16

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 85.79 % of GDP
Expense 30.23 % of GDP
GDP 476,748,000,000.00 current US$
Inflation 13.90 annual %
Self-employed 27.42 % of total employment
Tax revenue 12.52 % of GDP
Unemployment 6.27 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 23.93 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 40,310.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 1.50 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 210,752.00 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 70.73 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 7.38 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 21.01 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.88 % of total
Net energy imports -7.39 % of energy use
Fertility rate 2.92 births per woman
Forest area 449 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 97.93 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 17,962.60 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 20.10 years
Methane emissions 64,402.90 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 20,471.50 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 54,865,512
Male Population 56,124,592
Renewable energy consumption 6.51 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 971,206.00 km²
Rural population 63,300,985
Urban land area 18,918.00 km²
Urban population 47,689,118
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 13.75 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 22.56 per 1,000 people
Death rate 6.33 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 150.91 current US$
Health expenditure 4.36 % of GDP
Hospital beds 1.43 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 70 years
Suicide mortality rate 3.00 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 100.00 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 3,200
Individuals using the Internet 72.20 % of population
Net migration -29,998
Press freedom 1.38


Politics

Armed forces personnel 836,000
Democracy score 3.36
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 1.06 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 27.58 %


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Source

SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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