How dependent is Egypt on Saudi Arabia?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Saudi Arabia sells 14.3% of what the world exports of crude petroleum; next come Russia (9.5%), United States (9.3%) and United Arab Emirates (8.7%). The rest of the world exported 1,554.5 times what Egypt buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 12.9% of what the world exports of polyethylene; next come United States (19.4%), South Korea (6.7%) and Canada (5.4%). The rest of the world exported 122.9 times what Egypt buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 11% of what the world exports of polypropylene; next come South Korea (10.2%), United States (9.2%) and Belgium (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 84.8 times what Egypt buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 1.2% of what the world exports of paper boxes and packaging; next come China (20.9%), Germany (11.8%) and United States (7.3%). The rest of the world exported 318.9 times what Egypt buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 1.6% of what the world exports of ginger, saffron, turmeric and other spices; next come China (21.7%), India (17.8%) and Germany (4.2%). The rest of the world exported 150 times what Egypt buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 72.5% of what the world exports of sublimed and precipitated sulfur; next come Canada (12.9%), India (3.3%) and Japan (2.2%). The rest of the world exported 9.5 times what Egypt buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 24.9% of what the world exports of tugboats; next come China (11.2%), Turkey (8.7%) and Thailand (8.2%). The rest of the world exported 286.2 times what Egypt buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 2.6% of what the world exports of aluminum scrap; next come United States (15.6%), Germany (9.2%) and Canada (5.5%). The rest of the world exported 2,796.9 times what Egypt buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 21.9% of what the world exports of mixed alkylbenzenes; next come United States (9.7%), Canada (8.6%) and Spain (8.4%). The rest of the world exported 595.9 times what Egypt buys from Saudi Arabia.
• Saudi Arabia sells 3.3% of what the world exports of zinc dust and powder; next come Belgium (22%), Germany (8.6%) and South Korea (6.7%). The rest of the world exported 231.9 times what Egypt buys from Saudi Arabia.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Egypt is Saudi Arabia’s 10th-largest customer, with 2.7% of its exports.

• Trade between Egypt and Saudi Arabia
• Who does Egypt rely on?
• Who does Saudi Arabia rely on?
• Dependence of Egypt on China
• Dependence of Egypt on Russia
• Dependence of Egypt on Brazil
• Dependence of Egypt on the United States
• Dependence of Egypt on the United Arab Emirates
• Dependence of Egypt on India
• Dependence of Egypt on Indonesia
• Dependence of Egypt on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Trade profile of Egypt
• Trade profile of Saudi Arabia
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.