Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Egypt
Egypt: Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) was 6.4% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Taxes on goods and services in Egypt, 1975–2015
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % value added of industry and services.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 6.4% for taxes on goods and services in 2015.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.9% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services in Egypt peaked at 7.4% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 1991.
Egypt ranks 117th of 154 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % value added of industry and services | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 7.0% | — |
| 1976 | 6.4% | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 6.7% | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 6.9% | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 7.3% | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 6.0% | -17.9% |
| 1982 | 5.0% | -17.2% |
| 1983 | 6.7% | +35.0% |
| 1984 | 6.1% | -8.6% |
| 1985 | 5.5% | -10.8% |
| 1986 | 5.0% | -7.8% |
| 1987 | 4.9% | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 4.6% | -6.9% |
| 1989 | 4.5% | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 4.2% | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 4.0% | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 6.0% | +50.7% |
| 1993 | 6.2% | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 6.2% | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 6.1% | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 6.2% | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 5.8% | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 7.2% | +24.2% |
| 2003 | 7.2% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 6.9% | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 7.4% | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 7.0% | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 6.5% | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 6.8% | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 7.4% | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 7.4% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 7.4% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 6.2% | -16.2% |
| 2013 | 6.2% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | -12.8% |
| 2015 | 6.4% | +17.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 6.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8.7%, 74% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 6.4% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6.7%, 96% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services) in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +50.7% | 4.0% | 6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6.8% | 6.4% | 7.3% | 5 |
| 1980s | 5.4% | 4.5% | 6.7% | 9 |
| 1990s | 5.6% | 4.0% | 6.2% | 8 |
| 2000s | 7.0% | 6.5% | 7.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 6.5% | 5.4% | 7.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 114 Germany 6.7% compare
- 115 Bhutan 6.6% compare
- 116 Cote d'Ivoire 6.5% compare
- 118 Ireland 6.2% compare
- 119 Guinea-Bissau 6.1%
- 120 Afghanistan 6.1% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on goods and services in Egypt?
- Taxes on goods and services in Egypt was 6.4% in 2015, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on goods and services recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 7.4% in 2011.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 1991.
- How does Egypt rank for taxes on goods and services?
- Egypt ranks 117th out of 154 countries with data for 2015.
- Is taxes on goods and services rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in industry and services which is the contribution to the economy by industries in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 05-43 and 50-99.