North Africa
Egypt
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Egypt's #1 import source (world lens). Egypt is the EU's #58 goods supplier.
Egypt on the world stage
Total imports
$94.7bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$44.8bn
187 partners
#1 import source
China
16.4%
#1 export dest.
Italy
7.5%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Egypt and the EU
EU imports from
€12.4bn
0.5% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€20.1bn
0.8% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #58 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.62
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
45
EUR/MWh
Consumer
21
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
576
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
11%
of generation
Wholesale 39 EUR/MWh · regulated market
Power market
● Subsidised fuel monocultureMarket model
Single buyer (EEHC)
Direct PPA
Limited
grid access: limited
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
EgyptERA (Egyptian Electric Utility and Consumer Protection Regulatory Agency)
Massive oversupply: 59.7 GW installed for ~33 GW peak demand. The Siemens megaproject added 14.4 GW in 2018, creating overcapacity. Subsidised tariffs remain below cost recovery. Gas monoculture (79%) with revenue…
Tracked infrastructure
91 gas plants
48.5 GW · 2 building
13 wind farms
1.6 GW · 3 building
42 solar farms
3.2 GW · 3 building
0 nuclear plants
capacity n/a · 4 building
4 hydro plants
2.8 GW · 1 building
1 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
5
1 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold
Mine-water verifiability
Partial
national Nile water-quality monitoring
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (5)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
24.3
→ 31 by 2050
Fertility
2.74
above replacement
Working-age
62.9%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
8.1
→ 14.8 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 117M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +39% (162M)