TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇪🇬 Egypt
World rank #28 · Africa · Same as 84.9 million cars driven for a year
84.9 million
cars driven for a year
390 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
rising +2%/yr
Egypt ranks #28 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 390 Mt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.AfricaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#28 of 250
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Top emitters here
60Upper Egypt Electricity Production Co= 5.4M cars/yr25 Mt CO₂eNEW80Cairo Electricity Production Co= 4.4M cars/yr20.2 Mt CO₂eNEW93East Delta Electricity Production Co= 4.5M cars/yr20.5 Mt CO₂eNEW95Middle Delta Electricity Production Co= 3.7M cars/yr17.1 Mt CO₂eNEW297West Delta Electricity Production Co= 1.9M cars/yr8.7 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (50)
510Egyptian Electricity Holding Co= 900k cars/yr4.1 Mt CO₂eNEW511Egyptian Electricity Holding Co= 900k cars/yr4.1 Mt CO₂eNEW530Lafarge Cement Company Egypt SAE= 1M cars/yr4.8 Mt CO₂eNEW559Abu Qir Fertilizers and Chemical Industries Co SAE= 784k cars/yr3.6 Mt CO₂eNEW566National Company for Cement in Beni Suef SAE= 945k cars/yr4.3 Mt CO₂eNEW585Arabian Cement Company SJSC= 816k cars/yr3.8 Mt CO₂eNEW588Egyptian General Petroleum Corp= 907k cars/yr4.2 Mt CO₂eNEW595Misr Fertilizers Production Co= 713k cars/yr3.3 Mt CO₂eNEW647Al Ezz Flat Steel Company SAE= 447k cars/yr2.1 Mt CO₂eNEW658Emirates National Oil Company LLC= 707k cars/yr3.3 Mt CO₂eNEW662Amreyah Cement Company SAE= 647k cars/yr3 Mt CO₂eNEW781Agiba= 636k cars/yr2.9 Mt CO₂eNEW782North Petroleum International Co SA= 636k cars/yr2.9 Mt CO₂eNEW783China Petroleum & Chemical Corp= 636k cars/yr2.9 Mt CO₂eNEW839Royal El Minya Cement Co= 434k cars/yr2 Mt CO₂eNEW878Helwan Cement Company SAE= 439k cars/yr2 Mt CO₂eNEW897Port Said East Power SAE= 403k cars/yr1.9 Mt CO₂eNEW905Egyptian Sponge Iron & Steel Company SAE= 422k cars/yr1.9 Mt CO₂eNEW933Assuit Cement Co= 445k cars/yr2 Mt CO₂eNEW976Ieoc SpA= 439k cars/yr2 Mt CO₂eNEW983Al Ezz Dekheila Steel Company Alexandria SAE= 367k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eNEW1028Sinai White Portland Cement Company SAE= 325k cars/yr1.5 Mt CO₂eNEW1070Suez Steel Company SAE= 295k cars/yr1.4 Mt CO₂eNEW1099Egypt Kuwait Holding Company SAE= 228k cars/yr1 Mt CO₂eNEW1105El Arish Cement Company SAE= 304k cars/yr1.4 Mt CO₂eNEW1116Suez Cement Company SAE= 296k cars/yr1.4 Mt CO₂eNEW1140Helwan Fertilizers Co SAE= 210k cars/yr966.4 kt CO₂eNEW1157Misr Beni Suef Cement Co SAE= 179k cars/yr821.8 kt CO₂eNEW1187Tourah Portland Cement Egyptian Company SAE= 235k cars/yr1.1 Mt CO₂eNEW1197Egyptian Chemical Industries= 184k cars/yr847.5 kt CO₂eNEW1215China General Nuclear Power Co Ltd= 202k cars/yr927.3 kt CO₂eNEW1230Energean PLC= 242k cars/yr1.1 Mt CO₂eNEW1243South Valley Cement Company SAE= 192k cars/yr884 kt CO₂eNEW1306El-Nasr Company for Intermediate Chemicals= 143k cars/yr655.6 kt CO₂eNEW1342Wadi El Nile Cement Co= 210k cars/yr967.6 kt CO₂eNEW1344Aluminium Company of Egypt= 154k cars/yr708.1 kt CO₂eNEW1377Egyptian American Steel Rolling Company SAE= 138k cars/yr633 kt CO₂eNEW1440Ezz Steel Co= 115k cars/yr527.5 kt CO₂eNEW1463El Sewedy Cement Co= 155k cars/yr714 kt CO₂eNEW1473Medcom Aswan Cement Co= 102k cars/yr471.3 kt CO₂eNEW1475Al Nahda Cement Co= 101k cars/yr463.1 kt CO₂eNEW1480Alexandria Portland Cement Company SAE= 113k cars/yr518.7 kt CO₂eNEW1504Building Material Industry Co= 107k cars/yr490.2 kt CO₂eNEW1636Nasser Social Bank= 16.3k cars/yr75.1 kt CO₂eNEW1637GASCO= 16.3k cars/yr75.1 kt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt_Western Desert_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 10.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Beni Suef power plant | Power | 8.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| New Capital power station | Power | 7.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Burullus power plant | Power | 7.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Kuriemat power station | Power | 5.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Cairo West II power plant | Power | 5.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| South Helwan power station | Power | 5.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Sidi Krir power plant | Power | 4.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Egypt_Gulf of Suez_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 4.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| National Cement New Beni Suef Cement Plant | Manufacturing | 4.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Lafarge Attaka Cement Plant | Manufacturing | 4.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Abu Qir power plant | Power | 4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Abu Qir Fertilizer Complex | Manufacturing | 3.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Nubaria power plant | Power | 3.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| North Giza power plant | Power | 3.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting worse, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population