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Where does Egypt get its natural gas? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Egypt imported $4.6 billion of natural gas (8.2 million tonnes), 1.2% of the world total. Israel sold 61% of the total, followed by the United States (31%) and Nigeria (3%). Egypt was the world’s 17th-largest importer of natural gas.

Summary

Value
$4.6billion
Tonnes
8.2million tonnes
Share of world total
1.2%
World rank
17th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 7 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Israel2.8Tonnes: 5,355,455USD per tonne: $52861.1%Land
United States1.4Tonnes: 2,188,239USD per tonne: $65631.1%Sea
Nigeria0.15Tonnes: 289,739USD per tonne: $5283.3%Sea
Spain0.12Tonnes: 174,641USD per tonne: $6752.6%Sea
Guinea0.05Tonnes: 91,073USD per tonne: $5281%Sea
France0.04Tonnes: 76,898USD per tonne: $5280.88%Sea
India< 0.01Tonnes: 1,200USD per tonne: $1,5910.04%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Israel has been its main source since 2022

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Israel 2.8
  • United States 1.4
  • Nigeria 0.15
  • Spain 0.12
  • Guinea 0.05

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Israel02.8
United States< 0.011.4
Nigeria00.15
Spain00.12
Guinea00.05

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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