Index Commentary

Egypt decreases in the Index ranking by five places due to a decrease in energy security and small drops in social equity as well as in political, societal and economic strength. Energy security performs well overall due to a good ratio of production to total energy supply, a strong wholesale margin on gasoline and good diversity of energy exports; however a lower level of diversity of the electricity production and continued increases in the consumption growth rate present challenges to energy security and led to the recent drop. Egypt’s environmental performance increased as the quality of air and water improved relative to peer countries. Egypt still struggles with providing high quality and affordable electricity to its population and exhibits high gasoline prices, thus experiencing a small decline in social equity. Performance in contextual dimensions is weak across most indicators, for example, societal strength further deteriorates due to a decrease in control of corruption and rule of law.