Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Egypt
Egypt: Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions was 0.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Egypt, 1990–2023
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Egypt stood at 0.7%.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Egypt peaked at 0.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1991.
Egypt ranks 25th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.3% | — |
| 1991 | 0.3% | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 0.4% | +15.6% |
| 1993 | 0.4% | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 0.4% | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | +8.0% |
| 1996 | 0.4% | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.5% | +9.4% |
| 1998 | 0.5% | +14.4% |
| 1999 | 0.5% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | -13.5% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -7.4% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +8.5% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +11.3% |
| 2021 | 0.8% | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | -9.7% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -6.7% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 11.3× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.7% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2%, 3.0× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More climate change data for Egypt
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.83 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 23,560 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 7,147 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 16,413 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 26.97 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 586.18 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 19,891 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 11,869 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 8,022 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 44.79 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Egypt?
- Share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Egypt was 0.7% in 2023, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1991.
- How does Egypt rank for share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions?
- Egypt ranks 25th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured as a percentage of global consumption-based emissions of CO₂ in the same year.