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Egypt

EG

Cairo · pop. 107M · Arabic · Egyptian pound

Metrics

  1. population
    107M
    15 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $396B
    39 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $3,457
    114 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $3B
    53 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    0.8%
    126 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    1.0M km²
    30 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    107 /km²
    48 of 144
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    71.6 yr
    107 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    73%
    99 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    2.5 t
    75 of 138
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanization
    43%
    112 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    2.7
    44 of 142
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    1.0%
    108 of 141
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    7.6%
    30 of 131
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. r&d % of gdp
    1.0%
    31 of 106
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  16. researchers per million
    1,120
    45 of 100
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  17. scientific articles / yr
    24K
    18 of 142
    NSF / World Bank
  18. high-tech exports %
    4%
    80 of 131
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  19. gini inequality
    28.5
    101 of 117
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  20. youth unemployment
    18%
    49 of 140
    ILO via World Bank
  21. adult literacy
    79%
    55 of 86
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  22. democracy (v-dem)
    0.12
    107 of 138
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  23. cpi (clean gov)
    30
    98 of 139
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  24. press freedom
    56.2
    12 of 139
    RSF via Our World in Data
  25. human development
    0.754
    71 of 140
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  26. refugees hosted
    238K
    26 of 138
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  27. refugees produced
    24K
    36 of 139
    UNHCR via Our World in Data

Recent coverage · 10

  1. Egypt Revives Personal Status Law politics
  2. Old-Rent Law Kills Alexandria Family economy
  3. Egypt Rearrests Activist Moshagheb politics
  4. Egypt Shifts to Export Subsidies economy
  5. Egypt Budget: Fuel Down, Exports Up economy
  6. Egypt Recycles Douma Into Remand politics
  7. Egypt Shifts Subsidies to Exporters economy
  8. Egypt Court Fines Media Owner politics
  9. Egypt Jails Freed Ultras Leader politics
  10. Hamas Rejects UN Disarmament Plan politics