Egypt - 2021

Year
2021
Population
109262178
Population, Rural
57.14
Population, Female
49.42
Working age population
62.17
Working age population, Male
34570277
Working age population, Female
33362920
Age dependency ratio
60.84
Employment in Agriculture
19.29
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
3896.84
Real GDP growth (inflation-adjusted)
3.31
GDP at current market prices
423300.33
Inflation rate
4.5
Growth in broad money supply
17.85
External debt outstanding (% of GDP)
32.57
Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
-6.85
Access to electricity
100
Access to electricity, Urban
100
Access to electricity, Rural
100
ID Ownership
97.31536
ID Ownership, Urban
97.46703
ID Ownership, Rural
96.11238
Mobile phone ownership
64.08
ATMs per 100,000 adults
25.99
ATMs
19014
Handset affordability
60.05
Has access to the Internet
38%
Mobile connectivity index
62.99
Network coverage
89.18
Mobile Data Affordability
74.76
Ownership of debit/credit card
22%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Female
19%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Male
25%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Youth
8%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Rural
23%
Ownership of debit/credit card, Urban
22%
Borrowed any money
8%
Borrowed any money, Female
5%
Borrowed any money, Male
10%
Borrowed any money, Youth
4%
Borrowed any money, Rural
9%
Borrowed any money, Urban
7%
Saved any money
4%
Saved any money, Female
2%
Saved any money, Male
6%
Saved any money, Youth
2%
Saved any money, Rural
5%
Saved any money, Urban
4%
Mobile money prevalence
Very low
Mobile money account
2.92
Saved money using a mobile money account
0.99
Saved money using a mobile money account, Female
0.84
Saved money using a mobile money account, Male
1.14
Saved money using a mobile money account, Youth
1.53
Saved money using a mobile money account, Rural
0
Saved money using a mobile money account, Urban
1.12
Volume of mobile money transactions per 1000 adults
3524.16
Value of mobile money transactions (% of GDP)
4.02
Made or received a digital payment in the past year
20.2
Made or received a digital payment, female, Female
16.19
Made or received a digital payment, Male
24.06
Made or received a digital payment, Youth
7.45
Made or received a digital payment, Rural
19.56
Made or received a digital payment, Urban
20.28
Made a digital in-store merchant payment (age 15+)
3.44
Uses a debit or credit card: in-store
2.65
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone
1.41
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Female
0.48
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Male
2.3
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Youth
0.84
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Rural
1.38
Made a digital in-store merchant payment: using a mobile phone, Urban
1.41
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills
1.45
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Female
1.35
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Male
1.55
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Youth
1.02
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Rural
0
Used a mobile phone or the internet to pay bills, Urban
1.63
Received government payments: into an account
12.85
Received government payments: to a card
0.59
Received government payments: in cash only
4.83
Received government payments: into a financial institution account
12.17
Received government payments: through a mobile phone
0.09
Sent or received domestic remittances: through a money transfer service
1.69
Sent or received domestic remittances: using an account
10.86
Sent or received domestic remittances: in person and in cash only
88.76
Mobile money regulatory index
80.55
Digital ID
Yes
Innovation Facilitators
Yes
Data Protection
Yes
Cybersecurity regulation
Yes
Legislation on equity crowdfunding
No
Broad money (current LCU)
5 822 649 486 610
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
319
Population ages 15 and above, female
36 378 792
Population ages 15 and above, male
36 771 177
Population ages 15 and above, total
73 149 969
Population, female (primary + secondary)
16309358
Population, male
55 260 287
Population, male (primary + secondary)
17079670
Population, youth (15-24)
18624605
Urban population
46 831 955