Egypt vs Pakistan
Egypt vs Pakistan: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Egypt and 95.7% in Pakistan, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 4.3 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Pakistan.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1998.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Egypt | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100 | 95.7 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 100 | 95.6 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 95 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 100 | 94.9 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 100 | 94.5 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 100 | 93.9 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 100 | 93.4 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 100 | 92.7 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 100 | 91.8 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 99.3 | 91 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 99.8 | 90.1 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 99.9 | 89.3 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 99.7 | 88.6 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 99.4 | 87.8 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 99.4 | 87.1 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 98.9 | 82.5 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 99.8 | 81.4 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 98.4 | 80.2 | 82 |
| 2006 | 99 | 79.1 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 99.4 | 78.1 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 97.8 | 77 | 80 |
| 2003 | 98.8 | 76 | 80 |
| 2002 | 97.5 | 74.9 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 97.4 | 73.9 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 97.7 | 72.8 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 96.9 | 70.3 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 96.7 | 70.5 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 96.4 | – | – |
| 1996 | 96.2 | – | – |
| 1995 | 95.5 | – | – |
| 1994 | 95.7 | – | – |
| 1993 | 95.4 | – | – |
| 1992 | 93.4 | – | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 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 Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025