Summary
- Egypt → Kuwait
- $353million
- Kuwait → Egypt
- $913million
- Egypt’s balance
- -$560million
Balance
Egypt’s trade balance with Kuwait
Trade between Egypt and Kuwait grew 49.7-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Egypt’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.4
- Imports 0.9
- Balance -0.6
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $17 million | $9 million | $8 million |
| 1996 | $19 million | $6 million | $13 million |
| 1997 | $19 million | $7 million | $12 million |
| 1998 | $22 million | $11 million | $11 million |
| 1999 | $14 million | $16 million | -$3 million |
| 2000 | $50 million | $53 million | -$2 million |
| 2001 | $51 million | $60 million | -$9 million |
| 2002 | $58 million | $46 million | $12 million |
| 2003 | $70 million | $34 million | $36 million |
| 2004 | $89 million | $48 million | $41 million |
| 2005 | $39 million | $844 million | -$805 million |
| 2006 | $187 million | $1.1 billion | -$930 million |
| 2007 | $201 million | $1.3 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2008 | $161 million | $1.6 billion | -$1.4 billion |
| 2009 | $199 million | $1.2 billion | -$986 million |
| 2010 | $325 million | $1.5 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2011 | $326 million | $2.8 billion | -$2.5 billion |
| 2012 | $229 million | $2.7 billion | -$2.5 billion |
| 2013 | $367 million | $2.6 billion | -$2.2 billion |
| 2014 | $692 million | $3.5 billion | -$2.8 billion |
| 2015 | $542 million | $1.1 billion | -$530 million |
| 2016 | $442 million | $895 million | -$453 million |
| 2017 | $478 million | $1.4 billion | -$936 million |
| 2018 | $430 million | $2.3 billion | -$1.9 billion |
| 2019 | $395 million | $2.1 billion | -$1.7 billion |
| 2020 | $350 million | $2 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2021 | $402 million | $1.2 billion | -$799 million |
| 2022 | $523 million | $3 billion | -$2.5 billion |
| 2023 | $433 million | $2.1 billion | -$1.6 billion |
| 2024 | $353 million | $913 million | -$560 million |
What they sell each other
What Egypt sells to Kuwait
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Kuwait sells to Egypt
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Alexandria and Shuaiba is 12,513 nautical miles (23,174 km) long: ≈ 29–37 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Gibraltar, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Hormuz (12,513 nautical miles); and 15% via the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Hormuz (3,532 nautical miles).
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Kuwait was Egypt’s 27th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Egypt was Kuwait’s 15th (1%).
- Kuwait in Egypt’s trade
- 0.8%
- Kuwait’s rank among Egypt’s partners
- 27th
- Egypt in Kuwait’s trade
- 1.2%
- Egypt’s rank among Kuwait’s partners
- 15th
Compare with
Other partners of Egypt
Other partners of Kuwait
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.