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Egypt vs Palestine

96 shared metrics.

EgyptLeads in 56

vs96 shared

PalestineLeads in 40

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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

Palestine

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Name origin: name refers to the location of the British Mandate of Palestine that was occupied and administered by Jordan in 1948, on the west bank of the Jordan River.

CIA 2026

Geography

Size snapshot: slightly smaller than Delaware.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Egypt leads in 56 of 96 shared metrics, while Palestine leads in 40.

Egypt's Water Withdrawal is 230.5x that of Palestine (77.5 B m³ vs 0.33 B m³).

Egypt's Electricity Generation is 229.8x that of Palestine (235.41 TWh vs 1.0 TWh).

Egypt's Water Stress (%) is 187.0x that of Palestine (7.8K% vs 41.23%).

Egypt's Irrigated Land is 180.6x that of Palestine (36.5K km² vs 201 km²).

Egypt's Electric Generating Capacity is 168.6x that of Palestine (59.68M kW vs 352.0K kW).

Key Comparisons

Water WithdrawalEgypt leads

Egypt

77.5 B m³

Palestine

0.33 B m³

Electricity GenerationEgypt leads

Egypt

235.41 TWh

Palestine

1.0 TWh

Water Stress (%)Egypt leads

Egypt

7.8K%

Palestine

41.23%

Irrigated LandEgypt leads

Egypt

36.5K km²

Palestine

201 km²

Electric Generating CapacityEgypt leads

Egypt

59.68M kW

Palestine

352.0K kW

Land AreaEgypt leads

Egypt

995.5K km²

Palestine

6.0K km²

All Metrics

Water Withdrawal

Egypt

77.5 B m³

Palestine

0.33 B m³

23048% higher

Electricity Generation

Egypt

235.41 TWh

Palestine

1.0 TWh

22979% higher

Water Stress (%)

Egypt

7.8K%

Palestine

41.23%

18696% higher

Irrigated Land

Egypt

36.5K km²

Palestine

201 km²

18059% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Egypt

59.68M kW

Palestine

352.0K kW

16855% higher

Land Area

Egypt

995.5K km²

Palestine

6.0K km²

16422% higher

Population

Egypt

112.87M

Palestine

3.31M

3309% higher

Scientific Publications

Egypt

24.0K

Palestine

714.58

3262% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Egypt

$389,059,911,003.57

Palestine

$13,711,100,000

2738% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Egypt

11.97% of GDP

Palestine

1.2% of GDP

912% higher

Land Border Length

Egypt

2.6K km

Palestine

478 km

446% higher

Forest Area

Egypt

449.8 km²

Palestine

101.4 km²

344% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Egypt

$19,094.14

Palestine

$4,371.11

337% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Egypt

103% of GDP

Palestine

23.8% of GDP

333% higher

Food Waste per Person

Egypt

203.76 kg/person/yr

Palestine

53.56 kg/person/yr

280% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Egypt

3.1% of firms

Palestine

1.1% of firms

187% higher

Highest Elevation

Egypt

2.6K m

Palestine

1.0K m

158% higher

CO2 Per Capita

Egypt

2.2 t/person/yr

Palestine

0.87 t/person/yr

155% higher

Mobile Money Accounts

Egypt

15.61% of adults

Palestine

6.2% of adults

153% higher

Firms with Female Top Manager

Egypt

6.3% of firms

Palestine

2.7% of firms

130% higher

Comparison of Egypt and Palestine across 96 metrics
				Winner
Water Withdrawal	77.5 B m³	0.33 B m³	23048% higher	Egypt
Electricity Generation	235.41 TWh	1.0 TWh	22979% higher	Egypt
Water Stress (%)	7.8K%	41.23%	18696% higher	Egypt
Irrigated Land	36.5K km²	201 km²	18059% higher	Egypt
Electric Generating Capacity	59.68M kW	352.0K kW	16855% higher	Egypt
Land Area	995.5K km²	6.0K km²	16422% higher	Egypt
Population	112.87M	3.31M	3309% higher	Egypt
Scientific Publications	24.0K	714.58	3262% higher	Egypt
GDP (Nominal)	$389,059,911,003.57	$13,711,100,000	2738% higher	Egypt
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	11.97% of GDP	1.2% of GDP	912% higher	Egypt
Land Border Length	2.6K km	478 km	446% higher	Egypt
Forest Area	449.8 km²	101.4 km²	344% higher	Egypt
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$19,094.14	$4,371.11	337% higher	Egypt
Government Debt (% GDP)	103% of GDP	23.8% of GDP	333% higher	Egypt
Food Waste per Person	203.76 kg/person/yr	53.56 kg/person/yr	280% higher	Egypt
Firms Asked for Bribes	3.1% of firms	1.1% of firms	187% higher	Egypt
Highest Elevation	2.6K m	1.0K m	158% higher	Egypt
CO2 Per Capita	2.2 t/person/yr	0.87 t/person/yr	155% higher	Egypt
Mobile Money Accounts	15.61% of adults	6.2% of adults	153% higher	Egypt
Firms with Female Top Manager	6.3% of firms	2.7% of firms	130% higher	Egypt
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	54.86 µg/m³	26.36 µg/m³	108% higher	Egypt
High-Tech Exports (%)	3.8%	1.8%	107% higher	Egypt
Road Traffic Death Rate	9.4 per 100k	4.7 per 100k	100% higher	Egypt
Forest Coverage (%)	0.05%	1.7%	97% lower	Palestine
Capital Elevation	23 m	847 m	97% lower	Palestine
Firms Making Informal Payments	0.37% of firms	14.48% of firms	97% lower	Palestine
Agricultural Land (%)	4.1%	64.93%	94% lower	Palestine
Solar Electricity Share	3.1%	39.39%	92% lower	Palestine
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.05 per 1M people	0.60 per 1M people	91% lower	Palestine
Population Density	115.06 /km²	857.39 /km²	87% lower	Palestine
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.67 per 1k	3.3 per 1k	79% lower	Palestine
Digital Payments Used	36.33% of adults	20.83% of adults	74% higher	Egypt
Unemployment Rate	7.2%	24.42%	71% lower	Palestine
Imports (% GDP)	23.22% of GDP	60.27% of GDP	61% lower	Palestine
Renewable Energy (%)	6.1%	15.4%	60% lower	Palestine
Political Corruption Index	0.73	0.46	57% higher	Egypt
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.7% of GDP	9.7% of GDP	52% lower	Palestine
Health Spending Per Capita	$170.98	$350.64	51% lower	Palestine
Urban Population (%)	42.8%	87.12%	51% lower	Palestine
Broadband Access (%)	12 per 100 people	8.0 per 100 people	50% higher	Egypt
Youth Unemployment Rate	18.29% of youth labor force	36.09% of youth labor force	49% lower	Palestine
Freedom of Expression Index	0.18	0.35	49% lower	Palestine
Inflation Rate	28.3%	53.7%	47% lower	Palestine
Informal Employment Share	68.61% of employed people	48.8% of employed people	41% higher	Egypt
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	7.0 sites	5.0 sites	40% higher	Egypt
Electricity Carbon Intensity	563.23 gCO2/kWh	414.14 gCO2/kWh	36% higher	Egypt
Death Rate	4.3 per 1k	3.2 per 1k	35% higher	Egypt
Child Mortality	17.5 per 1k births	26.3 per 1k births	33% lower	Palestine
Elderly Population (%)	5.1%	3.8%	33% higher	Egypt
Border Neighbors	4.0	3.0	33% higher	Egypt
Protected Land (%)	13.2%	10%	32% higher	Egypt
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	30.65 per 100k	23.18 per 100k	32% higher	Egypt
Birth Rate	18.63 per 1k	27.24 per 1k	32% lower	Palestine
Vehicles per 1,000 People	82.77 per 1k people	62.85 per 1k people	32% higher	Egypt
Obesity Rate	42.99%	32.82%	31% higher	Egypt
GNI Per Capita	$3,510	$2,710	30% higher	Egypt
Tobacco Use Prevalence	24.7% of adults	34.8% of adults	29% lower	Palestine
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	97 per 100 people	77 per 100 people	26% higher	Egypt
Fertility Rate	2.5 children/woman	3.4 children/woman	26% lower	Palestine
Credit Card Ownership	6.0% of adults	7.8% of adults	24% lower	Palestine
Inequality (Gini)	28.5	36.4	22% lower	Palestine
Median Age	24.0 years	19.8 years	22% higher	Egypt
Exports (% GDP)	16.38% of GDP	21.04% of GDP	22% lower	Palestine
Can Raise Emergency Money	75.8% of adults	97.68% of adults	22% lower	Palestine
Adult Literacy Rate	79.46%	97.94%	19% lower	Palestine
Dependency Ratio	59.01% of working-age pop.	72.07% of working-age pop.	18% lower	Palestine
Life Evaluation Score	3.9 pts	4.7 pts	18% lower	Palestine
University Enrollment Rate	37.58%	44.49%	16% lower	Palestine
Teen Birth Rate	41.75 per 1k	36.04 per 1k	16% higher	Egypt
Women's Political Empowerment	0.55	0.47	16% higher	Egypt
Internet Users (%)	73%	87%	16% lower	Palestine
Youth Population (%)	31.99%	38.05%	16% lower	Palestine
Firms Hit by Power Outages	35.63% of firms	42.22% of firms	16% lower	Palestine
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.1 per 1k	1.3 per 1k	15% lower	Palestine
Infant Mortality	16.1 per 1k births	14.3 per 1k births	13% higher	Egypt
Electoral Democracy Index	0.19	0.21	13% lower	Palestine
Human Development Index	0.75	0.67	12% higher	Egypt
Life Expectancy	71.6 years	65.2 years	10% higher	Egypt
Insufficient Physical Activity	33.64% of adults	30.85% of adults	9% higher	Egypt
Average Weekly Work Hours	45.12 hrs/week	41.9 hrs/week	8% higher	Egypt
Women in Senior Management	22.31% of managers	23.53% of managers	5% lower	Palestine
Hypertension Prevalence	38.2% of adults	39.5% of adults	3% lower	Palestine
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	97.1%	99.7%	3% lower	Palestine
Suicide Rate	0.63 per 100k	0.65 per 100k	3% lower	Palestine
Safe Drinking Water (%)	78.94%	80.64%	2% lower	Palestine
Sanitation Access (%)	97.09%	99.39%	2% lower	Palestine
Liberal Democracy Index	0.12	0.11	1% higher	Egypt
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	equal	Egypt
Coastline Length	2.5K km	0 km	ranked higher	Egypt
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Egypt
Wind Electricity Share	3.8%	0%	ranked higher	Egypt
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Egypt
Armed Forces Personnel	836.0K	0	ranked higher	Egypt
GDP Growth Rate	2.4%	-26.56%	ranked higher	Egypt
Lowest Elevation	-133 m	-431 m	ranked higher	Egypt
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Egypt

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Analysis

Egypt leads in 56 of 96 shared metrics, while Palestine leads in 40.

Egypt's Water Withdrawal is 230.5x that of Palestine (77.5 B m³ vs 0.33 B m³).

Egypt's Electricity Generation is 229.8x that of Palestine (235.41 TWh vs 1.0 TWh).

Egypt's Water Stress (%) is 187.0x that of Palestine (7.8K% vs 41.23%).

Egypt's Irrigated Land is 180.6x that of Palestine (36.5K km² vs 201 km²).

Egypt's Electric Generating Capacity is 168.6x that of Palestine (59.68M kW vs 352.0K kW).

Key Comparisons

Water WithdrawalEgypt leads

Egypt

77.5 B m³

Palestine

0.33 B m³

Electricity GenerationEgypt leads

Egypt

235.41 TWh

Palestine

1.0 TWh

Water Stress (%)Egypt leads

Egypt

7.8K%

Palestine

41.23%

Irrigated LandEgypt leads

Egypt

36.5K km²

Palestine

201 km²

Electric Generating CapacityEgypt leads

Egypt

59.68M kW

Palestine

352.0K kW

Land AreaEgypt leads

Egypt

995.5K km²

Palestine

6.0K km²

Water Withdrawal

77.5 B m³

0.33 B m³

Electricity Generation

235.41 TWh

1.0 TWh

Water Stress (%)

7.8K%

41.23%

Irrigated Land

36.5K km²

201 km²

Electric Generating Capacity

59.68M kW

352.0K kW

Land Area

995.5K km²

6.0K km²

Population

112.87M

3.31M

Scientific Publications

24.0K

714.58

GDP (Nominal)

$389,059,911,003.57

$13,711,100,000

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

11.97% of GDP

1.2% of GDP

Land Border Length

2.6K km

478 km

Forest Area

449.8 km²

101.4 km²

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$19,094.14

$4,371.11

Government Debt (% GDP)

103% of GDP

23.8% of GDP

Food Waste per Person

203.76 kg/person/yr

53.56 kg/person/yr

Firms Asked for Bribes

3.1% of firms

1.1% of firms

Highest Elevation

2.6K m

1.0K m

CO2 Per Capita

2.2 t/person/yr

0.87 t/person/yr

Mobile Money Accounts

15.61% of adults

6.2% of adults

Firms with Female Top Manager

6.3% of firms

2.7% of firms

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Water Withdrawal

Electricity Generation

Water Stress (%)

Irrigated Land

Electric Generating Capacity

Land Area

Population

Scientific Publications

GDP (Nominal)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Land Border Length

Forest Area

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Food Waste per Person

Firms Asked for Bribes

Highest Elevation

CO2 Per Capita

Mobile Money Accounts

Firms with Female Top Manager

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Forest Coverage (%)

Capital Elevation

Firms Making Informal Payments

Agricultural Land (%)

Solar Electricity Share

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Population Density

Doctors (per 1,000)

Digital Payments Used

Unemployment Rate

Imports (% GDP)

Renewable Energy (%)

Political Corruption Index

Health Spending (% GDP)

Health Spending Per Capita

Urban Population (%)

Broadband Access (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Freedom of Expression Index

Inflation Rate

Informal Employment Share

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Death Rate

Child Mortality

Elderly Population (%)

Border Neighbors

Protected Land (%)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Birth Rate

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Obesity Rate

GNI Per Capita

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Fertility Rate

Credit Card Ownership

Inequality (Gini)

Median Age

Exports (% GDP)

Can Raise Emergency Money

Adult Literacy Rate

Dependency Ratio

Life Evaluation Score

University Enrollment Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Women's Political Empowerment

Internet Users (%)

Youth Population (%)