Egypt, Arab Rep.: Fuel exports (% of merchandise exports), 2025
Fuel exports accounted for 10% of Egypt’s merchandise exports in 2025, according to World Bank data. The share has declined from higher levels in previous years as non-fuel exports expanded.
Fuel products made up 10% of Egypt’s merchandise exports in 2025. The figure is the latest reading from the World Bank indicator that measures mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials as a percentage of total goods exports.
In 2024 the same series recorded 12.45%. The drop to 10% in 2025 continues a gradual reduction in the relative weight of fuels within Egypt’s export basket.
Recent Official Trade Figures
Egyptian data for fiscal year 2024/25 show fuel exports at US$5.6 billion out of total exports of US$40.2 billion, or 13.9%. Non-fuel exports rose 29% to US$34.6 billion and accounted for 86.1% of the total. In the previous fiscal year fuels had represented 17.6%.
The difference between the World Bank calendar-year figure and the fiscal-year national data reflects timing and coverage variations. Both series confirm that fuels now form a minority share of Egypt’s merchandise exports.
Longer-Term Context
Egypt has never been a pure fuel exporter on the scale of some Gulf or North African peers. Manufacturing, agricultural products and other non-oil goods have long contributed the larger part of export earnings. The recent rise in non-fuel shipments has further reduced the percentage contribution of fuels even when absolute fuel export values remain significant.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2025/26 (three months to September 2025) fuel exports stood at 11.3% of total exports, down from 13.1% in the same period a year earlier.
Implications
A fuel share of around 10% leaves Egypt less exposed to oil-price volatility than many regional producers. At the same time, fuels still generate several billion dollars in annual export revenue and remain an important component of the trade balance.
The continued growth of non-fuel exports is the main driver of the declining percentage. Policy efforts to expand manufacturing, logistics and agricultural value chains have supported this shift. Future movements in the fuel share will depend on both global energy prices and the pace of growth in other export sectors.
Until further updates appear, the World Bank reading of 10% for 2025 stands as the most recent standardised measure of Egypt’s fuel export dependence.
