Egypt plans to derive 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020

FACT No 7

Egypt plans to derive 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020
Women to form 11% of Egypt's next parliament

FACT No 22

Egypt is home to 30% of the Arab world's bloggers
Egypt's economy is expected to grow four percent in 2009, in the midst of the global recession

FACT No 3

Egypt's economy is expected to grow four percent in 2009, in the midst of the global recession
Cairo is home to Africa's only subway

FACT No 5

Cairo is home to Africa's only subway
The World Bank named Egypt 2008's top economic reformer in the Middle East for the third year in a row

FACT No 1

The World Bank named Egypt 2008's top economic reformer in the Middle East for the third year in a row

Egypt is the largest rice producer in the Middle East and North Africa.

Egypt is the largest rice producer in the Middle East and North Africa.

Egypt is the largest rice producer in the Middle East and North Africa.
  • Egypt produces approximately 4.6 million tons of medium and short-grain rice a year.
  • Rice is Egypt’s second most important export crop, after cotton.
  • Egypt exported a record 1.2 million tons of rice to the United States in 2007.


Source: Oxford Business Group, USDA Rice Yearbook 2009