Square Miles
1,001,450.
Comparative area
Slightly three times more large than New Mexico.
Natural resources
Gas, Iron, Ore, Phosphates, Manganese, Limestone, Gypsum, Talc, Absestos, Lead, Zinc.
Natural hazards
Frequents earthquakes, Flash floods, Landslide, Hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring, Dust storms, Sand storms
Land Uses
Arable Land: 2.92%
Permanent crops: 0.5%
Other: 96.58% (2005)
Currency Exchange rate
$188 Billion (2009 est)
GDP
$470.4 Billion (2009 est)
GDP per capita
$6,000 (2009 est)
country comparison to the world: 134
Population below the poverty line
20% (2005 est)
Labor Force by Occupation
Agriculture: 32%
Industry: 17%
Services: 51% (2001 est)
Exports/Imports
Exports: $22.91 billion (2009 est) county comparison to the world: 64
Imports: $43.98 (2009 est) country comparison to the world: 49
Infrastructure (railroads, airports, roadways, pipelines)
Airport Information- There are 85 total airports in Egypt 72 of them being paved and thirteen of them being not paved. Railroad Information- There's 5,500 km of railroads in Egypt, country comparison to the world: 33. Roadway Information- There is 65,500 km of covered roadway in Egypt, 47,500 km of the roadways being paved and only 17,550 km of the roadway being unpaved, country comparison to the world: 69. Pipeline Information- Condesate 320 km; Condesate/Gas 13 km; Gas 6,262 km ; Liquid Petroleum gas 956 km; Oil 4,319 km ; Oil/Gas/Water 3 km; Refined products 895 km; Unkown 59 km (2009).
Internet users
11.414 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 27
Internet hosts
177,443 (2009) country comparison to the world: 65
