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Egypt vs Israel

122 shared metrics.

EgyptLeads in 50

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IsraelLeads in 72

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What matters for both sides

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Egypt

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Arab Republic of Egypt.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Egypt's population map hugs the Nile Valley and Delta: FAO says 98% of people live on only 3% of the land.

FAO

Israel

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: State of Israel.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: named after the ancient Kingdom of Israel.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Israel leads in 72 of 122 shared metrics, while Egypt leads in 50.

Egypt's Water Withdrawal is 49.6x that of Israel (77.5 B m³ vs 1.5 B m³).

Egypt's Land Area is 45.0x that of Israel (995.5K km² vs 21.6K km²).

Egypt's Water Stress (%) is 37.0x that of Israel (7.8K% vs 204%).

Egypt's Irrigated Land is 17.9x that of Israel (36.5K km² vs 1.9K km²).

Egypt's Population is 11.0x that of Israel (112.87M vs 9.40M).

Key Comparisons

Water WithdrawalEgypt leads

Egypt

77.5 B m³

Israel

1.5 B m³

Land AreaEgypt leads

Egypt

995.5K km²

Israel

21.6K km²

Water Stress (%)Egypt leads

Egypt

7.8K%

Israel

204%

Irrigated LandEgypt leads

Egypt

36.5K km²

Israel

1.9K km²

PopulationEgypt leads

Egypt

112.87M

Israel

9.40M

Merchant Fleet SizeEgypt leads

Egypt

441

Israel

All Metrics

Water Withdrawal

Egypt

77.5 B m³

Israel

1.5 B m³

4965% higher

Land Area

Egypt

995.5K km²

Israel

21.6K km²

4500% higher

Water Stress (%)

Egypt

7.8K%

Israel

204%

3699% higher

Irrigated Land

Egypt

36.5K km²

Israel

1.9K km²

1794% higher

Population

Egypt

112.87M

Israel

9.40M

1100% higher

Merchant Fleet Size

Egypt

441

Israel

976% higher

Inflation Rate

Egypt

28.3%

Israel

3.1%

813% higher

Coastline Length

Egypt

2.5K km

Israel

273 km

797% higher

Political Corruption Index

Egypt

0.73

Israel

0.11

581% higher

Wind Electricity Share

Egypt

3.8%

Israel

0.56%

575% higher

Teen Birth Rate

Egypt

41.75 per 1k

Israel

6.2 per 1k

573% higher

Infant Mortality

Egypt

16.1 per 1k births

Israel

2.7 per 1k births

496% higher

Child Mortality

Egypt

17.5 per 1k births

Israel

3.4 per 1k births

415% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Egypt

291.64 Mt CO2e

Israel

57.67 Mt CO2e

406% higher

Armed Forces Personnel

Egypt

836.0K

Israel

178.0K

370% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Egypt

11.97% of GDP

Israel

2.7% of GDP

338% higher

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Egypt

35.63% of firms

Israel

8.3% of firms

328% higher

Railway Length

Egypt

5.1K km

Israel

1.5K km

240% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

Egypt

18.29% of youth labor force

Israel

6.0% of youth labor force

203% higher

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Egypt

54.86 µg/m³

Israel

18.6 µg/m³

195% higher

Comparison of Egypt and Israel across 122 metrics
				Winner
Water Withdrawal	77.5 B m³	1.5 B m³	4965% higher	Egypt
Land Area	995.5K km²	21.6K km²	4500% higher	Egypt
Water Stress (%)	7.8K%	204%	3699% higher	Egypt
Irrigated Land	36.5K km²	1.9K km²	1794% higher	Egypt
Population	112.87M	9.40M	1100% higher	Egypt
Merchant Fleet Size	441	41	976% higher	Egypt
Inflation Rate	28.3%	3.1%	813% higher	Egypt
Coastline Length	2.5K km	273 km	797% higher	Egypt
Political Corruption Index	0.73	0.11	581% higher	Egypt
Wind Electricity Share	3.8%	0.56%	575% higher	Egypt
Teen Birth Rate	41.75 per 1k	6.2 per 1k	573% higher	Egypt
Infant Mortality	16.1 per 1k births	2.7 per 1k births	496% higher	Egypt
Child Mortality	17.5 per 1k births	3.4 per 1k births	415% higher	Egypt
Total CO2 Emissions	291.64 Mt CO2e	57.67 Mt CO2e	406% higher	Egypt
Armed Forces Personnel	836.0K	178.0K	370% higher	Egypt
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	11.97% of GDP	2.7% of GDP	338% higher	Egypt
Firms Hit by Power Outages	35.63% of firms	8.3% of firms	328% higher	Egypt
Railway Length	5.1K km	1.5K km	240% higher	Egypt
Youth Unemployment Rate	18.29% of youth labor force	6.0% of youth labor force	203% higher	Egypt
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	54.86 µg/m³	18.6 µg/m³	195% higher	Egypt
Electricity Generation	235.41 TWh	80.57 TWh	192% higher	Egypt
GDP Growth Rate	2.4%	0.87%	175% higher	Egypt
Electric Generating Capacity	59.68M kW	22.61M kW	164% higher	Egypt
Shipping Traffic	7.77M	2.95M	163% higher	Egypt
Land Border Length	2.6K km	1.1K km	145% higher	Egypt
Unemployment Rate	7.2%	3.1%	129% higher	Egypt
Air Passengers	16.67M	7.38M	126% higher	Egypt
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	9.0 gold medals	4.0 gold medals	125% higher	Egypt
Road Traffic Death Rate	9.4 per 100k	4.2 per 100k	124% higher	Egypt
All-Time Olympic Medals	41 medals	20 medals	105% higher	Egypt
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.01 per 100k people	1.7 per 100k people	100% lower	Israel
Forest Coverage (%)	0.05%	6.5%	99% lower	Israel
Capital Elevation	23 m	754 m	97% lower	Israel
Spirits Consumption	0.04 L/person/yr	1.1 L/person/yr	96% lower	Israel
Health Spending Per Capita	$170.98	$4,223.87	96% lower	Israel
Firms Making Informal Payments	0.37% of firms	10.3% of firms	96% lower	Israel
Alcohol Consumption	0.13 L/adult/yr	2.8 L/adult/yr	95% lower	Israel
Beer Consumption	0.08 L/person/yr	1.2 L/person/yr	93% lower	Israel
GNI Per Capita	$3,510	$52,910	93% lower	Israel
Military Spending	0.67% of GDP	8.8% of GDP	92% lower	Israel
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.36 per 1M people	4.4 per 1M people	92% lower	Israel
Credit Card Ownership	6.0% of adults	79.05% of adults	92% lower	Israel
High-Tech Exports (%)	3.8%	37.23%	90% lower	Israel
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.05 per 1M people	0.53 per 1M people	90% lower	Israel
Firms Asked for Bribes	3.1% of firms	28.5% of firms	89% lower	Israel
Suicide Rate	0.63 per 100k	4.4 per 100k	86% lower	Israel
Airports	72	39	85% higher	Egypt
Obesity Rate	42.99%	23.39%	84% higher	Egypt
Agricultural Land (%)	4.1%	24.8%	84% lower	Israel
Foreign Patents	1.3K	8.0K	83% lower	Israel
Tourism Revenue	$4,874,000,000	$2,661,000,000	83% higher	Egypt
R&D Spending (% GDP)	1.0% of GDP	6.0% of GDP	83% lower	Israel
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.67 per 1k	3.8 per 1k	82% lower	Israel
Solar Electricity Share	3.1%	16.18%	81% lower	Israel
Liberal Democracy Index	0.12	0.59	80% lower	Israel
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	30.65 per 100k	138.25 per 100k	78% lower	Israel
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	1.5K kWh/person	6.8K kWh/person	78% lower	Israel
Vehicles per 1,000 People	82.77 per 1k people	379.04 per 1k people	78% lower	Israel
Freedom of Expression Index	0.18	0.82	78% lower	Israel
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	21 days/yr	12 days/yr	75% higher	Egypt
Population Density	115.06 /km²	455.13 /km²	75% lower	Israel
Meat Consumption per Person	26.29 kg/person/yr	97.02 kg/person/yr	73% lower	Israel
Electoral Democracy Index	0.19	0.69	73% lower	Israel
Government Debt (% GDP)	103% of GDP	59.6% of GDP	73% higher	Egypt
Milk Consumption per Person	59.46 kg/person/yr	193.6 kg/person/yr	69% lower	Israel
Forest Area	449.8 km²	1.4K km²	68% lower	Israel
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$19,094.14	$55,690.74	66% lower	Israel
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.1 per 1k	3.1 per 1k	65% lower	Israel
Energy Use (Per Capita)	928.39 kg oil eq/person	2.5K kg oil eq/person	62% lower	Israel
Broadband Access (%)	12 per 100 people	30 per 100 people	60% lower	Israel
CO2 Per Capita	2.2 t/person/yr	5.6 t/person/yr	60% lower	Israel
Digital Payments Used	36.33% of adults	91.16% of adults	60% lower	Israel
Elderly Population (%)	5.1%	12.55%	59% lower	Israel
Big Mac Price	$2.65	$6.36	58% lower	Israel
Scientific Publications	24.0K	15.4K	56% higher	Egypt
Urban Population (%)	42.8%	91.54%	53% lower	Israel
Corruption Perceptions Index	30 pts	62 pts	52% lower	Israel
Protected Land (%)	13.2%	27.6%	52% lower	Israel
Life Evaluation Score	3.9 pts	7.2 pts	46% lower	Israel
Domestic Patents	881	1.6K	45% lower	Israel
Exports (% GDP)	16.38% of GDP	28.43% of GDP	42% lower	Israel
Renewable Energy (%)	5.8%	9.8%	41% lower	Israel
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	5.0 time zones	40% lower	Israel
Women's Political Empowerment	0.55	0.86	37% lower	Israel
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	97 per 100 people	153.34 per 100 people	37% lower	Israel
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.7% of GDP	7.3% of GDP	36% lower	Israel
University Enrollment Rate	37.58%	55.84%	33% lower	Israel
Women in Senior Management	22.31% of managers	32.76% of managers	32% lower	Israel
Firms with Female Top Manager	6.3% of firms	9.3% of firms	32% lower	Israel
Hypertension Prevalence	38.2% of adults	29.4% of adults	30% higher	Egypt
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	7.0 sites	10 sites	30% lower	Israel
GDP (Nominal)	$389,059,911,003.57	$540,379,921,261.68	28% lower	Israel
Inequality (Gini)	28.5	37.9	25% lower	Israel
Insufficient Physical Activity	33.64% of adults	27.46% of adults	23% higher	Egypt
Smoking Rate	24.7%	20.4%	21% higher	Egypt
Safe Drinking Water (%)	78.94%	99.46%	21% lower	Israel
Average Weekly Work Hours	45.12 hrs/week	37.74 hrs/week	20% higher	Egypt
Border Neighbors	4.0	5.0	20% lower	Israel
Food Waste per Person	203.76 kg/person/yr	170.92 kg/person/yr	19% higher	Egypt
Human Development Index	0.75	0.92	18% lower	Israel
Median Age	24.0 years	29.1 years	18% lower	Israel
Highest Elevation	2.6K m	2.2K m	18% higher	Egypt
Internet Users (%)	73%	88.18%	17% lower	Israel
Youth Population (%)	31.99%	27.41%	17% higher	Egypt
Can Raise Emergency Money	75.8% of adults	89.66% of adults	15% lower	Israel
Life Expectancy	71.6 years	83.2 years	14% lower	Israel
Electricity Carbon Intensity	563.23 gCO2/kWh	492.69 gCO2/kWh	14% higher	Egypt
Fertility Rate	2.5 children/woman	2.9 children/woman	12% lower	Israel
Dependency Ratio	59.01% of working-age pop.	66.56% of working-age pop.	11% lower	Israel
Imports (% GDP)	23.22% of GDP	26.02% of GDP	11% lower	Israel
Women in Parliament (%)	27.7%	25%	11% higher	Egypt
Death Rate	4.3 per 1k	4.9 per 1k	11% lower	Israel
Tobacco Use Prevalence	24.7% of adults	22.4% of adults	10% higher	Egypt
Seafood Consumption per Person	25.8 kg/person/yr	24.43 kg/person/yr	6% higher	Egypt
Sanitation Access (%)	97.09%	99.92%	3% lower	Israel
Renewable Energy (%)	6.1%	6.2%	2% lower	Israel
Birth Rate	18.63 per 1k	18.89 per 1k	1% lower	Israel
Coal Electricity Share	0%	3.4%	ranked lower	Israel
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Egypt
Lowest Elevation	-133 m	-431 m	ranked higher	Egypt
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Egypt
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-4.2% of GDP	1.5% of GDP	ranked lower	Israel

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Analysis

Israel leads in 72 of 122 shared metrics, while Egypt leads in 50.

Egypt's Water Withdrawal is 49.6x that of Israel (77.5 B m³ vs 1.5 B m³).

Egypt's Land Area is 45.0x that of Israel (995.5K km² vs 21.6K km²).

Egypt's Water Stress (%) is 37.0x that of Israel (7.8K% vs 204%).

Egypt's Irrigated Land is 17.9x that of Israel (36.5K km² vs 1.9K km²).

Egypt's Population is 11.0x that of Israel (112.87M vs 9.40M).

Key Comparisons

Water WithdrawalEgypt leads

Egypt

77.5 B m³

Israel

1.5 B m³

Land AreaEgypt leads

Egypt

995.5K km²

Israel

21.6K km²

Water Stress (%)Egypt leads

Egypt

7.8K%

Israel

204%

Irrigated LandEgypt leads

Egypt

36.5K km²

Israel

1.9K km²

PopulationEgypt leads

Egypt

112.87M

Israel

9.40M

Merchant Fleet SizeEgypt leads

Egypt

441

Israel

Water Withdrawal

77.5 B m³

1.5 B m³

Land Area

995.5K km²

21.6K km²

Water Stress (%)

7.8K%

204%

Irrigated Land

36.5K km²

1.9K km²

Population

112.87M

9.40M

Merchant Fleet Size

441

Inflation Rate

28.3%

3.1%

Coastline Length

2.5K km

273 km

Political Corruption Index

0.73

0.11

Wind Electricity Share

3.8%

0.56%

Teen Birth Rate

41.75 per 1k

6.2 per 1k

Infant Mortality

16.1 per 1k births

2.7 per 1k births

Child Mortality

17.5 per 1k births

3.4 per 1k births

Total CO2 Emissions

291.64 Mt CO2e

57.67 Mt CO2e

Armed Forces Personnel

836.0K

178.0K

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

11.97% of GDP

2.7% of GDP

Firms Hit by Power Outages

35.63% of firms

8.3% of firms

Railway Length

5.1K km

1.5K km

Youth Unemployment Rate

18.29% of youth labor force

6.0% of youth labor force

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

54.86 µg/m³

18.6 µg/m³

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Water Withdrawal

Land Area

Water Stress (%)

Irrigated Land

Population

Merchant Fleet Size

Inflation Rate

Coastline Length

Political Corruption Index

Wind Electricity Share

Teen Birth Rate

Infant Mortality

Child Mortality

Total CO2 Emissions

Armed Forces Personnel

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Railway Length

Youth Unemployment Rate

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Electricity Generation

GDP Growth Rate

Electric Generating Capacity

Shipping Traffic

Land Border Length

Unemployment Rate

Air Passengers

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Road Traffic Death Rate

All-Time Olympic Medals

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Forest Coverage (%)

Capital Elevation

Spirits Consumption

Health Spending Per Capita

Firms Making Informal Payments

Alcohol Consumption

Beer Consumption

GNI Per Capita

Military Spending

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Credit Card Ownership

High-Tech Exports (%)

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Firms Asked for Bribes

Suicide Rate

Airports

Obesity Rate

Agricultural Land (%)

Foreign Patents

Tourism Revenue

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Solar Electricity Share

Liberal Democracy Index

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Freedom of Expression Index

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Population Density

Meat Consumption per Person

Electoral Democracy Index

Government Debt (% GDP)

Milk Consumption per Person

Forest Area

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Broadband Access (%)

CO2 Per Capita

Digital Payments Used