Egypt PESTLE Insights – A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

Mining, manufacturing and utilities activities contributed 26.8% to the gross value added (GVA) in 2022, followed by wholesale, retail and hotels (16.8%), agriculture (12.0%). In nominal terms, the three sectors are expected to grow by 17.2%, 17.0% and 18.2%, respectively, in 2023.

Cairo and Alexandria are the best performing metropolitan areas in the country. They together accounted for 26.4% of the total GDP of the country and 15.6% of the total population in 2022, according to MarketLine’s cities database.

Scope

According to the World Bank, Logistics Performance Index (2023), Egypt ranked 57th out of 139 nations in the parameter of logistics performance in 2023.

Reasons to buy

Macroeconomic Outlook Report identifies the potentials of the country as an investment destination by analyzing the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure.

PESTLE Insights provides 360 degree view of the economy which can be used as a strategic tool to understand the market dynamics, business potentials and direction of operations

Along with providing the country’s snapshot, the report captures the risk factors pertaining to the macroeconomic risks, political environment, legal environment, demographic and social structure effectiveness, technology & infrastructure and natural and geographic aspects that might impact business.

This report also highlights key clusters/cities which contribute significantly to the country GDP and population along with major companies’ presence in these areas.

Companies mentioned

PAS

AlexBank

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

List of Exhibits

Did You Know?

Country Highlights

Key Economic Updates

Country Snapshot

Political Landscape

Economic Landscape

Social Landscape

Technological Landscape

Legal Landscape

Environmental Landscape

Outlook

List of Tables

Exhibit 1: Egypt’s performance in terms of its country risk analysis in comparison to Middle East and North Africa and the World average

Exhibit 2: Performance overview (score: 1–100)

Exhibit 3: Broad categories and weights behind the index

Exhibit 4: Egypt’s Stock Exchange Index – HERMES Index (April 2022 – April 2023)

Exhibit 5: Egypt’s exchange rate (April 2022 – April 2023)

Exhibit 6: Key sectors contribution to the economy (2018–25f)

Exhibit 7: Investment by sector (Q1 2020–Q4 2021)

Exhibit 8: Net FDI inflow in Egypt by country (2018–19 – 2021–22)

Exhibit 9: Key infrastructure indicators

Exhibit 10: Real GDP and household consumption growth rate (2018–25f)

Exhibit 11: Real GDP growth rate comparison (2022)

Exhibit 12: Volume of export and import of goods and services growth (2018–25f)

Exhibit 13: Current account balance (2018–25f)

Exhibit 14: Top three commodity exports, % of total exports, (2017–21)

Exhibit 15: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation, % of world’s total (2021)

Exhibit 16: Interest rates (March 2018 – March 2023)

Exhibit 17: Exchange rate and inflation (2018–25f)

Exhibit 18: General government deficit (2018–25f)

Exhibit 19: General government debt (2018–25f)

Exhibit 20: Unemployment rate (2018–25f)

Exhibit 21: Average annual wages (2018–25f)

Exhibit 22: Labor cost index (2018–25f)

Exhibit 23: Rural/urban share of total population (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025f)

Exhibit 24: Age-group share of total population (2005, 2015, 2025f)

Exhibit 25: Gender split (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025f)

Exhibit 26: Internet users as a percentage of total population, mobile penetration rate and broadband penetration rate (2022)

Exhibit 27: Number of patents granted per million population (2021)

Exhibit 28: High-technology exports, % of manufactured exports (2021 or latest)

Exhibit 29: Rule of law (rankings), 2022

Exhibit 30: Corruption perceptions index (rankings) (2022)

Exhibit 31: Renewable energy capacity (2017–21)

Exhibit 32: CO2 emissions (2017–21)

List of Figures

List of Figures

Exhibit 1: Egypt’s performance in terms of its country risk analysis in comparison to Middle East and North Africa and the World average

Exhibit 2: Performance overview (Score: 1–100)

Exhibit 3: Broad categories and weights behind the index

Exhibit 4: Egypt’s Stock Exchange Index – HERMES Index (August 2021 – August 2022)

Exhibit 5: Key sectors’ contribution to the economy (2017–24f)

Exhibit 6: FDI inflows and outflows and FDI inward and outward stock (2017–21)

Exhibit 7: Value and number of greenfield FDI projects and value and number of net cross border M&As (2017-21)

Exhibit 8: Key infrastructure indicators

Exhibit 9: Real GDP and household consumption growth rate (2017–24f)

Exhibit 10: Real GDP growth rate comparison (2021)

Exhibit 11: Volume of exports and imports of goods and services (2017–24f)

Exhibit 12: Current account balance (2017–24f)

Exhibit 13: Top three commodity exports, % of total exports (2018–21)

Exhibit 14: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation, % of world’s total (2021)

Exhibit 15: Interest rates (July 2017 – July 2022)

Exhibit 16: Exchange rate and inflation (2017–24f)

Exhibit 17: Public finance (2017–24f)

Exhibit 18: General government debt (2017–24f)

Exhibit 19: Unemployment (2017–24f)

Exhibit 20: Average annual wages (2017–24f)

Exhibit 21: Labor cost index (2017–24f)

Exhibit 22: Rural/urban share of total population (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025)

Exhibit 23: Age-group share of total population (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025)

Exhibit 24: Gender split (1995, 2005, 2015, 2025)

Exhibit 25: Internet users as a percentage of total population, mobile penetration rate and broadband penetration rate (2021)

Exhibit 26: Number of patents granted per million people (2020)

Exhibit 27: High-technology exports, % of manufactured exports (2020)

Exhibit 28: Doing business in Egypt 2020

Exhibit 29: Corruption perceptions index (rankings) (2021)

Exhibit 30: Renewable energy, installed capacity (2016–20)

Exhibit 31: CO2 emissions (2017–21)

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