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Egypt
We offer a data-driven country report for Egypt that explores
inter alia population, international trading relationships, energy consumption, GDP growth, current account balances, and R&D investment. Additionally, CFI quotes from the Big Mac Index (courtesy of
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Its population in 2018 was 99,375,741 [1]
In 2015, 5.71% of its total energy
consumption was renewable [2]
In 2021, its GDP grew by 3.33% [2]
In 2021 it had a negative Current
Account Balance of US$bn 18.44 [3]
Its unemployment rate in 2021 was 7.29% [3]
Its Expenditure on R&D (as a percentage of
GDP) in 2020 was 0.96% [2]
A Big Mac will set you back the
local equivalent of US$2.23 [4]
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What free trade areas or economic unions is it a member of?
Other members:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zimbabwe
What trade deals are there between African Continental Free Trade Area and other countries and economic unions?
None
Other members:
Algeria, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Türkiye
What trade deals are there between Euro-Mediterranean partnership and other countries and economic unions?
None
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What trade deals are there with other countries and economic unions?
MERCOSUR - Egypt free trade agreement (from 22/12/2024)
Protocol on Trade Negotiations (from 11/02/1973)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (from 08/12/1994)
Pan-Arab Free Trade Area (from 01/01/1998)
EU - Egypt Association Agreement (from 01/06/2004)
Egypt - Türkiye free trade agreement (from 01/03/2007)
Agadir Agreement (from 27/03/2007)
EFTA - Egypt Free Trade Agreement (from 01/08/2007)
EAEU - Egypt Free Trade Agreement (from 05/10/2015)
UK - Egypt Association Agreement (from 01/01/2021)
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