Electricity generation from wind in Egypt
Egypt: Electricity generation from wind was 9.3 terawatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Electricity generation from wind in Egypt, 1985–2025
Source: Ember (2026); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Pinto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 9.3 terawatt-hours for electricity generation from wind in 2025. That is the highest value across all 41 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 51.5% on the previous year and up 392.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity generation from wind in Egypt peaked at 9.3 terawatt-hours in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1985.
Egypt ranks 30th of 212 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Electricity generation from wind in Egypt, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1986 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1987 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1988 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1989 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1990 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1991 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1992 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1993 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1994 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1995 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1996 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1997 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1998 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1999 | 0.012 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2000 | 0.08 terawatt-hours | +566.7% |
| 2001 | 0.18 terawatt-hours | +125.0% |
| 2002 | 0.21 terawatt-hours | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 0.29 terawatt-hours | +38.1% |
| 2004 | 0.5 terawatt-hours | +72.4% |
| 2005 | 0.51 terawatt-hours | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.61 terawatt-hours | +19.6% |
| 2007 | 0.66 terawatt-hours | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 0.93 terawatt-hours | +40.9% |
| 2009 | 1.04 terawatt-hours | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 1.41 terawatt-hours | +35.6% |
| 2011 | 1.49 terawatt-hours | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 1.34 terawatt-hours | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 1.58 terawatt-hours | +17.9% |
| 2014 | 1.03 terawatt-hours | -34.8% |
| 2015 | 1.89 terawatt-hours | +83.5% |
| 2016 | 2.4 terawatt-hours | +27.0% |
| 2017 | 2.11 terawatt-hours | -12.1% |
| 2018 | 2.99 terawatt-hours | +41.7% |
| 2019 | 4.98 terawatt-hours | +66.6% |
| 2020 | 5.23 terawatt-hours | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 5.49 terawatt-hours | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 5.9 terawatt-hours | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 5.99 terawatt-hours | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 6.14 terawatt-hours | +2.5% |
| 2025 | 9.3 terawatt-hours | +51.5% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 9.3 terawatt-hours is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.07 terawatt-hours, 132.9× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity generation 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 | +566.7% | 0.012 terawatt-hours | 0.08 terawatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 5 |
| 1990s | 0.0012 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.012 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.501 terawatt-hours | 0.08 terawatt-hours | 1.04 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.12 terawatt-hours | 1.03 terawatt-hours | 4.98 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.34 terawatt-hours | 5.23 terawatt-hours | 9.3 terawatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More reference data data for Egypt
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2851 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 16.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.2 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 16.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.956 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4622 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 25.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 71.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 6.55 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation from wind in Egypt?
- Electricity generation from wind in Egypt was 9.3 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Pinto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity generation from wind recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 9.3 terawatt-hours in 2025.
- What is the lowest electricity generation from wind recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1985.
- How does Egypt rank for electricity generation from wind?
- Egypt ranks 30th out of 212 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electricity generation from wind rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 392.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Pinto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation from wind. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours.