Egypt vs Norway: Annual percentage change in primary energy use
Egypt
2.3%
in 2025
Norway
2.5%
in 2025
Egypt rank
92nd
Norway rank
89th
Annual percentage change in primary energy use over time
- Egypt
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 2.5% against 2.3% in Egypt, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Norway ahead.
Egypt ranks 92nd and Norway ranks 89th of 216 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 6 and Norway in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -6.4% | 6.7% | 13.0% | Norway |
| 1970s | 10.1% | 4.0% | 6.1% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 8.2% | 1.5% | 6.7% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 3.5% | 1.3% | 2.2% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 5.1% | 0.2% | 4.9% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 0.5% | 1.6% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 0.4% | 1.1% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy use, Egypt or Norway?
- Norway, at 2.5% against 2.3% in Egypt as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy use between Egypt and Norway?
- 0.2%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Norway?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Norway rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy use?
- Egypt ranks 92nd and Norway ranks 89th of 216 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual percentage change in primary energy use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.