Egypt, Arab Rep.
Capital: Cairo · Lower middle income · Pop. 116.5 million
Source: World Bank Open Data (WHO/UNICEF JMP & FAO AQUASTAT) · drinking water 2024
In Egypt, Arab Rep., 78.94% of the population uses safely managed drinking water — an improved source, located on premises, available when needed, and free from contamination (2024 estimate). That leaves roughly 24.5 million people without safely managed drinking water at home.
Sanitation tracks closely: 57.34% use safely managed sanitation services and 97.09% have at least a basic service (2024).
Egypt, Arab Rep. has about 9 cubic meters of renewable internal freshwater per person each year — below the ~1,000 m³ threshold widely used to define water scarcity. It withdraws the equivalent of 7,750% of those internal resources annually (extreme (over-extraction) water stress), meaning it relies on rivers from outside its borders, desalination, or drawing down stored reserves.
Agriculture accounts for about 79% of Egypt, Arab Rep.'s water withdrawals, the rest going to households and industry.
Common questions
How many people in Egypt, Arab Rep. have safe drinking water?
78.94% of Egypt, Arab Rep.'s population uses safely managed drinking water (2024), per WHO/UNICEF data; about 24.5 million people do not.
Does Egypt, Arab Rep. have enough freshwater?
Egypt, Arab Rep. has roughly 9 m³ of renewable internal freshwater per person per year, and uses about 7,750% of it annually (extreme (over-extraction) stress).