Key facts: last update: March 2017

Capital:
Area:
Language: Population: ForEx rate: / Cairo
1.001.450 km2
Arabic (English and German)
94 mio. (2017)
1,00 € = 18,72 LE (March 2017) / President:
Abdelfattah el Sisi
Prime minister:
Sherif Ismail
Economy: / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016
GDP (US$ bill.) (marketprice): / 229,5 / 255 / 262 / 286,5 / 331 / 350
GDP per capita (US$): / 2.935 / 3.354 / 3.376 / 3.478 / 3.740 / 3.863
Real GDP growth (%): / 1,8 / 2,2 / 2,1 / 2,2 / 4 / 4.9
Foreign-debt in % of GDP: / 15,5 / 13,7 / 16,6 / 16,8 / 14,5 / 17,6
Trade balance (US$ bill.): / -27.1 / -34.1 / -31.5 / -33.7 / -39 / -38
Income Suez canal (US$ bill.): / 65.1 / 5.2 / 5.0 / 5.36 / 5.17 / 5
Income tourism (US$ bill.): / 8.7 / 11.5 / 5.7 / 7.5 / 6.1 / 7.5
Remittance Egyptians abroad (US$ bill.): / 12.6 / 18 / 18.7 / 22 / 20 / N/A
Foreign currency reserves (US$ bill.): / 26,6 / 15,6 / 15,0 / 16,7 / 16,5 / 16,2
Inflation (%): / 10,2 / 8,5 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
Unemployment rate (%): / 12 / 12,7 / 13,3 / 13,2 / 13 / 12,5

German trade with Egypt (Mio. €)


Real GDP growth (%)


Chosen exported goods to Egypt (k€)

Traded goods and investments:

Germany’s trade with Egypt 2016: percentage of total: ranking: change:

Exports to Egypt (mio. €): / 4.435 / 0,36% / 41 / + 33,3%
Imported from Egypt (mio. €): / 1.133 / 0,12% / 61 / - 34,9%
Trade volume (mio. €): / 5.568 / 0,26% / 47 / + 10,0%
German primary export goods, 2016 (mio. €) / German primary import goods, 2016 (mio. €)
Machinery and mechanical appliances / 1.466 / Mineral fuels / 519
Vehicles other than rail- or tramway rolling stock / 509 / Clothing & Textiles / 169
Electrical machinery and equipment / 545 / Electrical machinery and equipment / 50
Pharmaceutical produce / 206 / Vegetables, plants and nutritions / 69
Optical, photographic etc. Instruments / 217 / Aluminium and its produces / 41
Direct investments (mio. US-$) / 2011 / 2012 / 2013 / 2014 / 2015 / 2016
German investments in Egypt / 274,5 / 202,5 / 186,4 / 194,2 / 190,2 / 201

Egypt‘s trading partners:
Egypt’s primary buyers: 2015 2016 Egypt’s primary suppliers: 2015 2016