Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Egypt
Egypt: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 77.93 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Egypt, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 77.93 for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 8.9% on the previous year and up 25.9% over ten years.
That places Egypt 78th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 61.92 | — |
| 2015 | 62.02 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 71.49 | +15.3% |
| 2017 | 71.37 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 71.54 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 77.93 | +8.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 77.93 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62.07, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 77.93 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 76.25, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Egypt
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 (db16-20 methodology) - score in Egypt?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Egypt was 77.93 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 77.93 in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.92 in 2014.
- How does Egypt rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Egypt ranks 78th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well as the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.