Egypt
Country
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)
Hamas leader wants to see Russia, Egypt, Turkey as guarantor countries for Gaza
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-04-21
Turkey, Egypt coordinating efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza -- top diplomat
Read: TASS News Agency
2024-04-20
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
Metrics
General information
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