Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Egypt instead of Albania, you would:
Health
live 5.0 years less
In Albania, the average life expectancy is 79 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Egypt, that number is 74 years (73 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022.
be 47.5% more likely to be obese
In Albania, 21.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Egypt, that number is 32.0% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 34.8% more likely to be unemployed
In Albania, 5.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Egypt, that number is 7.9% as of 2019.
be 2.3 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Albania, 14.3% live below the poverty line as of 2012. In Egypt, however, that number is 32.5% as of 2017.
Life
have 69.1% more children
In Albania, there are approximately 12.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Egypt, there are 21.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 2.5 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Albania, approximately 15.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Egypt, 37.0 women do as of 2017.
be 27.4% less likely to be literate
In Albania, the literacy rate is 98.1% as of 2018. In Egypt, it is 71.2% as of 2017.
be 63.6% more likely to die during infancy
In Albania, approximately 10.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Egypt, on the other hand, 17.7 children do as of 2022.
Geography
see 6.8 times more coastline
Albania has a total of 362 km of coastline. In Egypt, that number is 2,450 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Egypt: At a glance
How big is Egypt compared to Albania? See an in-depth size comparison.