Egypt (EG) is covered on EconEarth’s interactive globe with economy, market, and country data drawn from the same dataset used in the live app.
The Arab world's most populous market, earning hard currency from the Suez Canal, gas and tourism when those channels are open. The state is large and the pound has been through several painful devaluations. Inflation and a heavy external debt load are the constraints on an otherwise young, strategically placed economy.
Region: Africa. Population: 105M (rank #14). GDP: $400.0 billion. GDP per capita: $3,904 (2026, IMF). GDP growth: +3.8%. Inflation: +33.9%. Policy rate: 19.25%. Currency: EGP. Equity market cap: $40.0 billion.