Country profile · EGY
Egypt
Region · Middle East & North Africa Population · 114.5M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 2.1%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 17 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 2.75
- Expected years of schooling
- 13.1 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 36%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 47% / 0%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.28
- Urban population
- 43%
- Employment in agriculture
- 19%
- Internet use
- 74%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.06%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1.3 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 10.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 55%
- Women married before age 18
- 17%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 3.98
Religion
- Islam90%
- Christianity10%
Major cities
- Cairo
- Alexandria
- Giza
- Aswan
Common hazards
- Economic shocks
Common migration destinations
- Saudi Arabia
- the United Arab Emirates
- Kuwait