Egypt vs Israel
Egypt vs Israel: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 0% in Egypt and 6.8% in Israel, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Israel, by 6.8 percentage points, or 1,700 times that in Egypt.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Egypt ranked 208 and Israel ranked 173 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Egypt | Israel | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 6.8 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | 6.7 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6.7 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6.6 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6.5 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 6.7 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 6.9 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 7.2 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 7.4 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 7.6 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 0 | 7.5 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 0 | 7.4 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 7.3 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 7.2 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 0 | 7.1 | 32 |
| 2009 | 0 | 7.1 | 32 |
| 2008 | 0 | 7.1 | 32 |
| 2007 | 0 | 7.1 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 7.1 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 7.1 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 7.1 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 7.1 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 7.1 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 7.1 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 7.1 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 0 | 7 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 0 | 6.9 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 0 | 6.8 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 0 | 6.7 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 0 | 6.6 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 0 | 6.5 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 0 | 6.4 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 0 | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1991 | 0 | 6.2 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 6.1 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Egypt vs Israel
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Israel: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Israel: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Israel: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Israel: 3.83% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Israel: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Israel: 9.26 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Israel: 1.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Israel: 2.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Israel: 91.6% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Israel: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Israel: 12.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Israel: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Israel: 7.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Israel: $43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Israel: $5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Israel: 17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Israel: 178,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Israel: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Israel: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Israel: 537 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Israel: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025