Share of primary energy from wind in Egypt
Egypt: Share of primary energy from wind was 0.9% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Share of primary energy from wind in Egypt, 1965–2025
Source: Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of primary energy from wind in Egypt stood at 0.9%. That is the highest value across all 61 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 57.2% on the previous year and up 351.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary energy from wind in Egypt peaked at 0.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1965.
Egypt ranks 38th of 80 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of primary energy from wind in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0.0% | — |
| 1966 | 0.0% | — |
| 1967 | 0.0% | — |
| 1968 | 0.0% | — |
| 1969 | 0.0% | — |
| 1970 | 0.0% | — |
| 1971 | 0.0% | — |
| 1972 | 0.0% | — |
| 1973 | 0.0% | — |
| 1974 | 0.0% | — |
| 1975 | 0.0% | — |
| 1976 | 0.0% | — |
| 1977 | 0.0% | — |
| 1978 | 0.0% | — |
| 1979 | 0.0% | — |
| 1980 | 0.0% | — |
| 1981 | 0.0% | — |
| 1982 | 0.0% | — |
| 1983 | 0.0% | — |
| 1984 | 0.0% | — |
| 1985 | 0.0% | — |
| 1986 | 0.0% | — |
| 1987 | 0.0% | — |
| 1988 | 0.0% | — |
| 1989 | 0.0% | — |
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.0% | — |
| 1992 | 0.0% | — |
| 1993 | 0.0% | — |
| 1994 | 0.0% | — |
| 1995 | 0.0% | — |
| 1996 | 0.0% | — |
| 1997 | 0.0% | — |
| 1998 | 0.0% | — |
| 1999 | 0.0% | — |
| 2000 | 0.0% | +533.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +112.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +15.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +26.4% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | +66.6% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | +12.4% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | +32.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | +30.6% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | -14.2% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | +18.8% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -34.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +82.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +19.6% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -15.5% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +41.7% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +71.2% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +12.7% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | +1.8% |
| 2025 | 0.9% | +57.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.9% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5%, 1.7× the median. (7 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.9% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0%, 30.5× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of primary energy from wind in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +533.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More energy & mining data for Egypt
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 2.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 17.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary energy from wind in Egypt?
- Share of primary energy from wind in Egypt was 0.9% in 2025, according to Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary energy from wind recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of primary energy from wind recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1965.
- How does Egypt rank for share of primary energy from wind?
- Egypt ranks 38th out of 80 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of primary energy from wind rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 351.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Share of primary energy from wind. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.