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Egypt Key Figures

Population:
111 million
GDP growth rate:
6.59 %/year
Energy independence:
91.6%

Data of the last year available: 2022

Total consumption/GDP:*
72.8 (2005=100)
CO2 Emissions:
1.89 tCO2/capita
Rate of T&D power losses:
17.9%

* at purchasing power parity

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Egypt Related Research

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Total Energy Consumption

Energy consumption per capita stands at 0.88 toe in 2022, including 1 509 kWh of electricity.

Total energy consumption increased slightly in 2022 after a strong rebound in 2021 (+7%). Previously, it had remained roughly stable over 2017-2020 and increased by around 4%/year between 2013 and 2017.

Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (Mtoe)

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Crude Oil Production

Since 2017, oil production has declined by an average of 1.6%/year, reaching 29.6 Mt in 2022. Production is concentrated in the Western Desert (56%) and the Gulf of Suez (23%). Egypt consumes almost all of its oil production.

The country has a refining capacity of 830 kb/d (+4%) (end of 2022).

Production of oil products decreased by 7% to 26.6 Mt in 2022.

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Oil Products Consumption

Oil consumption decreased slightly in 2022 to 36 Mt, after a strong rebound of around 25% in 2021 and a 7.5%/year decline between 2014 and 2020.

The largest share of the oil consumption is absorbed by the transport sector (47%), followed by power generation (16%), buildings (12%), and the hydrocarbon industry (10%).

Graph: OIL CONSUMPTION (Mt)

Graph: OIL CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2022, %)

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Natural Gas Consumption

Gas consumption decreased by around 8% in 2022 to 60 bcm, after rising by around 4.5%/year between 2014 and 2021, driven by electricity production.

Almost 60% of the gas is used for the generation of electricity and about a fifth in industry.

Graph: NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION (bcm)

Graph: GAS CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2022, %)

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Coal Consumption

Coal consumption decreased by 13.5%, reaching 3.2 Mt in 2022. It has had very strong fluctuations since 2015, with a very rapid progression from 2015 to 2018, a decline of 30%/year from 2018 to 2020, and an increase of 50% in 2021.

All coal consumption is absorbed by the industry sector.

Graph: COAL CONSUMPTION (Mt)

Graph: COAL CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2022, %)

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Power Consumption

Electricity consumption increased by 1% in 2022 to 167.5 TWh, after very rapid growth in 2021 (+11%) and a decreasing trend over 2018-2020 (-3%/year). Between 2013 and 2018, it increased by around 3%/year.

Households absorb 39% of that consumption, followed by services (30%) and industry (27%) (2022).

Graph: ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION (TWh)

Graph: ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BREAKDOWN BY SECTOR (2022,%)

Renewable in % Electricity Production

NREA, New & Renewable Energy Authority, was created in 1986 under the supervision of MERE to promote renewables.

The Renewable Energy Law (2014) establishes different schemes for the private development of renewable energy projects, including the IPP public competitive bidding process, feed-in tariffs (FIT), and private-to-private sale of electricity from renewables.

The updated NDC (2023) brings forward to 2030 the country's objective to reach 42% of installed renewable capacity. The previous NDC planned to reach 42% by 2035.

Interactive Chart Egypt Share of Renewables in Electricity Production (incl hydro)

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CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions

In its updated NDC (2023), the country increased its GHG emissions reduction target to 37% by 2030, instead of 33% in the 2022 update (reduction relative to a BaU scenario). This new objective implies a level of emissions of around 134 MtCO2eq in 2030 and a reduction of 80.5 MtCO2eq compared to the BAU scenario.