Egypt

  • Key Indicators

    Summary Statistics
    Region: Northern Africa                 
    Surface area (sq. km): 1002000 
    Population 2023: 112,716,598         
    Capital city: Cairo
    Currency: Egyptian Pound (EGP)              
     

    Description 2021 2022 2023
    National Accounts
    Real GDP Growth (annual percent change) 3.3 6.6 4.4
    GDP (current prices, billions of US$) 423.15 469.09 471.36
    GDP per capita (current prices, $US per capita) 4,144.42 4,504.37 4,437.42
    Inflation rate, average consumer prices (annual % change) 4.50 8.50 12.00
    Trade
    Imports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) 22,951    
    Exports in Services (current prices, millions of $US) 21,897    
    Merchandise Imports (current prices, millions of $US) 83,503    
    Merchandise Exports (current prices, millions of $US) 43,626    
    Gas + Petrol Imports (in thousands of $US) 9,907,462    
    Gas + Petrol Exports (in thousands of $US) 11,986,880    
    BOP (BALANCE OF PAYMENTS)
    Current account, balance (billions of $US) -18.436 -17.006 -16.208
    Current account, balance (% of GDP) -4.4 -3.6 -3.4
    FINANCE
    General government net lending/borrowing (% of GDP) -7 -6.2 -7.4
    General government gross debt (% of GDP) 89.2 89.2 85.6
    EMPLOYMENT & SOCIAL INDICATORS
    Population 109,262,178 110,990,103 112,716,598
    Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 7.4 7.3 7.3