Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Egypt
Egypt: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 97.8% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Egypt, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 97.8% for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Egypt peaked at 97.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 92.9%, in 2009.
Egypt ranks 75th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 92.9% | — |
| 2010 | 93.7% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 94.4% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 95.1% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 95.8% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 96.2% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 96.6% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 97.0% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 96.5% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 97.2% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 97.8% | +0.6% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 97.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 89.1%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 97.8% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96.5%, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 92.9% | 92.9% | 92.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 96.0% | 93.7% | 97.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 72 Costa Rica 98.0% compare
- 73 South Africa 98.0% compare
- 74 Saint Lucia 97.9% compare
- 76 Serbia 97.7% compare
- 77 North Macedonia 97.7% compare
- 78 Trinidad and Tobago 97.7% compare
More private sector data for Egypt
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 20.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 52.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 97.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 51.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 51.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 434.27 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1407 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Egypt?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Egypt was 97.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 97.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.9% in 2009.
- How does Egypt rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Egypt ranks 75th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.