Egypt vs Uganda: Annual percentage change in primary energy use
Egypt
2.3%
in 2025
Uganda
2.2%
in 2024
Egypt rank
92nd
Uganda rank
93rd
Annual percentage change in primary energy use over time
- Egypt
- Uganda
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 2.3% against 2.2% in Uganda, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 21 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 92nd and Uganda ranks 93rd of 216 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7.4% | 3.3% | 4.1% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 3.5% | 4.7% | 1.2% | Uganda |
| 2000s | 5.1% | 9.6% | 4.5% | Uganda |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 7.0% | 5.0% | Uganda |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 2.4% | 1.1% | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy use, Egypt or Uganda?
- Egypt, at 2.3% against 2.2% in Uganda as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy use between Egypt and Uganda?
- 0.1%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Uganda?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Uganda rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy use?
- Egypt ranks 92nd and Uganda ranks 93rd 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) – 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.