Egypt is a desert country. How does it feed 90 million people?

Egypt is a big tourist country, which can earn money by tourism, and it is also rich in natural resources, so even if Egypt is a desert country, it is no problem to feed 90 million people.

First of all, although the crop planting area in Egypt is small, and the local climate is too dry to grow crops, resulting in poor crop harvest. However, Egypt is rich in natural resources, including mineral resources such as oil and natural gas. Egypt's annual output of crude oil can reach 30 million tons, and its annual output of natural gas can reach 60 billion cubic meters, most of which is also used for export, increasing Egypt's economic income. These are the main pillars of the national economy.

Then, in Egypt, he owns the world-famous cash cow "Suez Canal", which alone can bring a lot of extra money to Egypt every year. As long as the reason is that the Suez Canal is an important waterway connecting countries along the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean in Europe and the Mediterranean Sea, more than 20,000 ships pass through the Suez Canal every year, which can bring billions of dollars in revenue to this country.

One more thing, Egypt is also a big tourist country, and there are many cultural relics in Egypt. For example, the famous pyramids, the Sphinx, the Egyptian Museum and so on, because these ancient civilization relics have mysterious colors, they attract many tourists from all over the world every year. According to relevant statistics, the number of foreign tourists who entered Egypt last year exceeded10 million, and the tourism income was close to10 billion US dollars, so tourism has also become a pillar industry in Egypt.

Therefore, even in a desert country, Egypt has many channels to earn money, and is not worried about whether it can feed its own people.