Egypt vs Saudi Arabia: Primary energy from solar and wind
Egypt
19.26 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Saudi Arabia
19.77 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Egypt rank
31st
Saudi Arabia rank
30th
Primary energy from solar and wind over time
- Egypt
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 19.77 terawatt-hours against 19.26 terawatt-hours in Egypt, a difference of 0.51 terawatt-hours.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.
Egypt ranks 31st and Saudi Arabia ranks 30th of 111 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1970s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1980s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1990s | 0.0012 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.0012 terawatt-hours | Egypt |
| 2000s | 0.5018 terawatt-hours | 0.0001 terawatt-hours | 0.5016 terawatt-hours | Egypt |
| 2010s | 2.51 terawatt-hours | 0.0662 terawatt-hours | 2.44 terawatt-hours | Egypt |
| 2020s | 12.28 terawatt-hours | 6.58 terawatt-hours | 5.7 terawatt-hours | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary energy from solar and wind, Egypt or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 19.77 terawatt-hours against 19.26 terawatt-hours in Egypt as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary energy from solar and wind between Egypt and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.51 terawatt-hours, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Saudi Arabia?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Saudi Arabia rank globally for primary energy from solar and wind?
- Egypt ranks 31st and Saudi Arabia ranks 30th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary energy from solar and wind. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.