Middle East & North Africa · EGY

Egypt market indicators

A compact view of economic scale, momentum and digital access. Each card uses the latest observation available from the source.

Capital
Cairo
Income group
Lower middle income
World Bank region
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Country codes
EGY · EG

GDP per capita

$3,086
2025current US$

Economic output per person at current market exchange rates.

GDP growth

4.39%
2025annual %

Annual percentage growth of inflation-adjusted GDP.

Inflation

14.07%
2025annual %

Annual change in consumer prices.

Population

118,365,995
2025people

Total resident population.

Internet use

74.65%
2024% of population

Share of people who used the internet recently.

Unemployment

6.78%
2025% of labor force

Modeled ILO estimate of unemployment.

Trade openness

51.33%
2025% of GDP

Exports plus imports as a share of GDP.

Data-led reading

What the latest series says

Automatically calculated from the observations above; descriptive, not a forecast.

Income trend

$3,086 per person

Egypt's GDP per capita was $3,086 in 2025. In current-dollar terms it decreased by 12.1% from the closest observation around five years earlier; exchange rates and inflation are part of that movement.

Economic pulse

4.39% real growth

Real GDP growth was 4.39% in 2025. Consumer-price inflation was 14.07% in 2025 and modeled unemployment was 6.78% in 2025. These series may refer to different reporting years.

Digital reach

74.65% online

Internet use reached 74.65% of the population in 2024, while fixed broadband subscriptions were 11.69 per 100 people in 2024. A subscription can serve multiple users, so the measures answer different questions.

People & connections

118,365,995 residents

The population grew at 1.56% in 2025. Life expectancy was 71.81 years, while exports plus imports equaled 51.33% of GDP in their respective latest observations.

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