Environment in Egypt

2,886 indicators covering environment for Egypt.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.0209 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 55.7% 51st
Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre 0.3817 t per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 72nd
Phosphate rock — Import value 274.13 1000 USD 2024 up 2,207.5% 53rd
Agriculture, forestry, fishing (central government expenditure) 2.34 % 2024 up 30.7% 58th
Phosphate rock — Import quantity 1,641 t 2024 down 85.3% 54th
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Export quantity 184,482 t 2024 up 259.8% 10th
Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Export value 61,354 1000 USD 2024 up 118.5% 10th
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Value US$ 1,338 million USD 2024 up 32.3% 49th
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Value US$, 2015 prices 2,046 million USD 2024 up 100.1% 36th
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Share of Total Credit 1.67 % 2024 up 47.0% 85th
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Ratio of Value Added 0.041 2024 up 40.8% 91st
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Import value 303 1000 USD 2024 down 92.7% 100th
Forest rents 0.1% 2021 down 54.2% 114th
Water withdrawals per capita 676.64 cubic meters per person 2023 down 11.6% 42nd
Superphosphates above 35% — Import quantity 86.59 t 2023 down 96.6% 98th
Superphosphates above 35% — Import value 40.02 1000 USD 2023 down 97.7% 99th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Production 390,000 t 2024 unchanged 49th
Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of) 5.86 2022 up 41.1% 148th
Exported deforestation 0 hectares 2023 down 100.0% 150th
Imported deforestation 8,300 hectares 2023 down 46.8% 32nd
Deforestation embedded in trade 8,300 hectares 2023 down 46.7% 21st
Consumption-based deforestation per person 0.7255 square meters 2023 down 56.0% 147th
Percent of arable land equipped for irrigation (percent) (3-year) 4 % 2021 up 8.1% 46th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 0.1076 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 54.2% 96th
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 1,160 Square kilometres 2024 up 35.2% 45th
Industrial water withdrawal 5.40 billion cubic meters 2023 up 350.0% 17th
Watermelons — Gross Production Value 361,889 1000 USD 2024 up 40.0% 11th
Insecticides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 66,135 1000 USD 2024 up 81.5% 37th
Insecticides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 4,096 t 2024 up 29.8% 65th
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity 5,399 t 2016 up 303.2% 15th
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value 2,537 1000 USD 2016 up 159.4% 14th
Herbicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 6,186 t 2024 up 80.5% 67th
Herbicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 56,035 1000 USD 2024 up 88.1% 48th
Disinfectants, etc (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 6,677 t 2024 down 95.5% 51st
Disinfectants, etc (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 26,407 1000 USD 2024 down 2.6% 50th
Fungicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 6,419 t 2024 down 35.2% 38th
Fungicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 86,051 1000 USD 2024 up 57.8% 30th
Environment-related technologies patents — Patent applications 8.5 Patents 2023 up 11.8% 50th
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 113th
15.2.1 Forest area under an independently verified forest management 0 1000 ha 2024 — 80th
Watermelons — Gross Production Value 741,965 1000 SLC 2024 down 64.6% 36th
Total official financial flows for water supply and sanitation, by recipient 219.21 million millions of constant united states dollars 2024 up 41.9% 12th
Case materials — Production 150,000 t 2024 unchanged 51st
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import quantity 119 t 2016 — 72nd
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import value 250 1000 USD 2016 — 66th
Hazardous pesticides — Import quantity 188.86 t 2024 down 53.9% 43rd
Hazardous pesticides — Import value 1,061 1000 USD 2024 down 53.6% 38th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 3,971 Hectares 2020 up 8.2% 87th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 3,365 Hectares 2020 up 17.1% 58th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 3,971 Hectares 2020 up 8.2% 57th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 44.98 Hectares 2020 down 31.5% 143rd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 99,545 Hectares 2020 unchanged 27th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export quantity 2 t 2024 down 92.6% 86th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export value 2 1000 USD 2024 unchanged 84th
Land use hidden — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 1,160 Square kilometres 2023 up 35.2% 46th
Urea — Export quantity 3.22 million t 2024 up 77.1% 6th
Urea — Export value 1.41 million 1000 USD 2024 up 141.0% 4th
Environment-related technologies patents — Patent grants 1 Patents 2022 down 77.4% 49th
Buffalo — Stocks 1.45 million An 2023 down 63.1% 10th
Buffalo — Amount excreted in manure 64.17 million kg 2023 down 63.1% 9th