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In 2025, Suez Canal traffic was under half its record

Ships transiting Egypt's Suez Canal each year, 2021–2025, before and after Red Sea attacks.

Egypt and the Arab world
  1. 1. Egypt is set to outgrow Japan in 2027, then Russia
  2. 2. In 2025, Suez Canal traffic was under half its record
  3. 3. Egypt exports more fresh oranges than any other country
  4. 4. Egypt is the world's biggest wheat buyer
  5. 5. Saudi Arabia has more desalination capacity than the entire US
  6. 6. Three in four UAE residents are international migrants
  7. 7. Only America draws more new foreign projects than the UAE
  8. 8. Algeria outspends all of sub-Saharan Africa on its military
  9. 9. Women in MENA now outpace men at university
  10. 10. Dubai's airport handles more international travellers than Heathrow
  11. 11. The UAE sold more goods abroad than France in 2025
  12. 12. Oil now makes less than a third of Saudi power
12,758

Ships crossed Suez in 2025, down 52% from the 26,434 record of 2023.

$10.25bn → $3.99bn

Canal revenue fell 61% in one year as fleets detoured around Africa in 2024.

+27%

1,358 ships crossed in August 2026, up from 1,070 in August 2025: the first clear sign of a return.

Source: Suez Canal Authority annual navigation statistics, as reported by the SCA chairman and press, 2025
the numbers & method
In 2025, Suez Canal traffic was under half its record. Source: Suez Canal Authority annual navigation statistics, as reported by the SCA chairman and press, 2025.
Ships transitedChange vs 2023 (%)
202120,694-21.7
202223,851-9.8
202326,4340.0
202413,213-50.0
202512,758-51.7

Claim types Fact

Secondary press quoting the Suez Canal Authority: 2021 (20,694, Reuters via The National), 2022 (23,851 and US$8.0bn, SCA report via Xinhua), 2023 and 2024 (26,434 and 13,213, SCA chairman Osama Rabie), 2025 (12,758, Ports Europe citing SCA). Revenue: US$10.25bn in 2023, US$3.991bn in 2024 (SCA). Calendar-2025 revenue not yet confirmed so not shown; SCA fiscal year to June 2026 was US$4.67bn. August 2026 figure: Rabie via Ahram Online. % change vs 2023 derived by progrss. Corrected 3 Nov 2026: title shortened to 10 words or fewer; no change to the data.

Published 27 Sep 2026

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