International Rankings of Egypt 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Egypt, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Egypt, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	115	7.47	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	25	7.599 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	142	46.92 %	2018
Internet users - total	19	46.645 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	135	8.61	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	20	8.760 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	150	93.68	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	19	95.340 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	52	62.610 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	58	42.320 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	96	8.6 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	127	40	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	90	60.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	53	87.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	137	42.2	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	42	323.763 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	159	16.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	115	10.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	17	86.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	41	28.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	117	14.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	50	0.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	72	11.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	42	34.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	123	54 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	78	26.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	13	4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	53	3.5 %	2017
Labor force	24	24.113 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	67	25.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	37	25.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	106	49.1 %	2015
Population below poverty line	53	32.5	2017
Public debt	6	103 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	21	1.181 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	110	11763 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	129	17.9 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	31	232.700 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	30	246500	2017
Crude oil - imports	51	64760	2015
Crude oil - production	28	639000	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	25	4.400 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	24	159.700 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	58	1.158 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	10	91	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	63	6	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	39	2	2017
Electricity - imports	105	54.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	24	45.120 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	23	183.500 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	14	57.710 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	45	212.400 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	30	7.079 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	17	50.860 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	15	2.186 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	26	878000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	56	47360 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	27	280200 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	32	547500 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	23	238.56 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	24	59.68 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	3	79.28 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	182	3.6	2018
Land use - arable land	133	2.8	2018
Land use - forest	181	0.1	2018
Land use - other	5	96.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	77	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	81	0.15 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	85	57.500 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	10	61.350 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	18	5.400 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	9	10.750 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	69	1.9	2025
Urbanization - urban population	138	42.9	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	15	21.000 million tons	2012
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	19	2.625 million tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	55	12.5 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	33	995450 sq km	0
Area - total	33	1.001 million sq km	0
Area - water	80	600031 sq km	0
Coastline	52	2450 km	0
Elevation - highest point	69	2629 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	52	133 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	102	321 meters	0
Irrigated land	18	36500 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	71	2612 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	182	3.6	2018
Land use - arable land	133	2.8	2018
Land use - forest	181	0.1	2018
Land use - other	5	96.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	77	0.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	160	0	2018
Total renewable water resources	84	57.500 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	67	18.01 %	1163
Age structure - 25-54 years	135	37.85 %	6847
Age structure - 55-64 years	145	6.08 %	2544
Birth rate	40	26.44 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	55	58.5 %	2014
Current Health Expenditure	60	5 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	179	4.36 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	92	8.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	63	11.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	52	64.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	53	55.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	102	1.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	95	0.6 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	62	24000	2020
Hospital bed density	55	1.4 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	84	16.67 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	93	19.74 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	92	18.25 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	125	75.57 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	103	72.54 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	119	74.01 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	87	37	2017
Median age - female	121	24.5 years	2020
Median age - male	112	23.8 years	0
Median age - total	114	24.1 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	55	22.6	2014
Net migration rate	91	0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	18	32 %	2016
Physicians density	123	0.45 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	14	106.437 million	2021
Population growth rate	34	2.17 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	3	99.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	107	2.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	103	1.5 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	105	0.2 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	13 years	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	13 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	9	13 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	8	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	17	1.07	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	22	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	22	1	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	19	0.92 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	12	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	40	3.23 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	11	51.6	2018
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	59	17.1	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	45	24.7	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	69	1.9	2025
Urbanization - urban population	138	42.9	2021
Transportation
Airports	59	83	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	15	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	9	36	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	12	15	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	30	72	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	29	6	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	54	4	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	86	11	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	64	3	2013
Heliports	19	7	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	31	437.630 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	44	12.341 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	47	101	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	14	14	2020
Railways - total	38	5085 km	2014
Roadways - paved	43	48000 km	2017
Roadways - total	61	65050 km	2017
Waterways	28	3500 km	1935

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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