Tax revenue in Egypt
Egypt: Tax revenue was 12.5% in 2015. ▼ Falling
Tax revenue in Egypt, 1975–2015
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2015, tax revenue in Egypt stood at 12.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Egypt peaked at 26.2% in 1981 and was at its lowest, 12.2%, in 2014.
That places Egypt 111th out of 157 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Tax revenue in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 20.5% | — |
| 1976 | 17.3% | -15.5% |
| 1977 | 25.5% | +47.2% |
| 1978 | 23.1% | -9.6% |
| 1979 | 21.3% | -7.7% |
| 1981 | 26.2% | +23.3% |
| 1982 | 21.7% | -17.3% |
| 1983 | 21.1% | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 18.4% | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 17.3% | -6.5% |
| 1986 | 16.3% | -5.4% |
| 1987 | 14.6% | -10.7% |
| 1988 | 14.3% | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 13.8% | -3.6% |
| 1990 | 13.2% | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 14.7% | +11.4% |
| 1992 | 18.5% | +25.4% |
| 1993 | 18.8% | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 19.0% | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 17.6% | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 17.5% | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 16.0% | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 13.4% | -16.0% |
| 2003 | 13.3% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 13.8% | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 14.1% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 15.8% | +12.5% |
| 2007 | 15.3% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 15.3% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 15.7% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 14.1% | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 14.0% | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 12.4% | -11.6% |
| 2013 | 13.5% | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 12.2% | -9.5% |
| 2015 | 12.5% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.5% | 17.3% | 25.5% | 5 |
| 1980s | 18.2% | 13.8% | 26.2% | 9 |
| 1990s | 16.9% | 13.2% | 19.0% | 8 |
| 2000s | 14.6% | 13.3% | 15.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | 13.1% | 12.2% | 14.1% | 6 |
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More public sector data for Egypt
- Arms imports 72.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.6178 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0002 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -93.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 72.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 20.56 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0062 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -24.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 2.40 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1,156 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue in Egypt?
- Tax revenue in Egypt was 12.5% in 2015, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 26.2% in 1981.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.2% in 2014.
- How does Egypt rank for tax revenue?
- Egypt ranks 111th out of 157 countries with data for 2015.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.