Which has higher comparative advantage in environmental goods, Egypt or India?

Egypt, at 0.5056 index against 0.4907 index in India as of 2019.

What is the difference in comparative advantage in environmental goods between Egypt and India?

0.0149 index, with Egypt ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and India?

14 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.

Where does this data come from?

IMF Climate Change Dashboard. Data sources: UN Comtrade, DESA/UNSD; IMF staff calculations, published as Comparative advantage in environmental goods (index). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs India: Comparative advantage in environmental goods

Egypt

0.5056 index

in 2019

India

0.4907 index

in 2019

Egypt rank

53rd

India rank

54th

Comparative advantage in environmental goods over time

Egypt
India

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 0.5056 index against 0.4907 index in India, a difference of 0.0149 index.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1998 it was India ahead.

Egypt ranks 53rd and India ranks 54th of 163 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and India in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	India	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.1529 index	0.3217 index	0.1689 index	India
2000s	0.2727 index	0.5398 index	0.2671 index	India
2010s	0.6343 index	0.491 index	0.1433 index	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher comparative advantage in environmental goods, Egypt or India?: Egypt, at 0.5056 index against 0.4907 index in India as of 2019.
What is the difference in comparative advantage in environmental goods between Egypt and India?: 0.0149 index, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and India?: 14 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Egypt and India rank globally for comparative advantage in environmental goods?: Egypt ranks 53rd and India ranks 54th of 163 countries.
Where does this data come from?: IMF Climate Change Dashboard. Data sources: UN Comtrade, DESA/UNSD; IMF staff calculations, published as Comparative advantage in environmental goods (index). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Comparative advantage in environmental goods (index)
Unit: index
Source: IMF Climate Change Dashboard. Data sources: UN Comtrade, DESA/UNSD; IMF staff calculations
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 163 places, 3,076 data points, 1998–2019
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

Environmental goods include both goods connected to environmental protection—such as goods related to pollution management and resource management—and adapted goods—which are goods that have been specifically modified to be more “environmentally friendly” or “cleaner.” Comparative advantage is a measure of the relative advantage or disadvantage a particular country has in a certain class of goods (in this case, environmental goods), and can be used to evaluate export potential in that class of goods. Environmental goods include both goods connected to environmental protection—such as goods related to pollution management and resource management—and adapted goods—which are goods that have been specifically modified to be more “environmentally friendly” or “cleaner.” A value greater than one indicates a relative advantage in environmental goods, while a value of less than one indicates a relative disadvantage.