Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Egypt
Egypt: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 24.1% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Egypt, 1975–2015
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Egypt is 24.1%, measured in 2015.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Egypt peaked at 29.7% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 6.4%, in 1975.
Egypt ranks 76th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 6.4% | — |
| 1976 | 8.2% | +29.2% |
| 1977 | 8.4% | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 13.6% | +61.5% |
| 1979 | 14.3% | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 18.8% | +30.8% |
| 1982 | 17.6% | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 18.2% | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 13.7% | -24.7% |
| 1985 | 14.9% | +9.2% |
| 1986 | 16.0% | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 14.2% | -11.1% |
| 1988 | 14.3% | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 15.2% | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 18.1% | +18.9% |
| 1991 | 17.9% | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 20.5% | +14.8% |
| 1993 | 19.4% | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 17.8% | -8.1% |
| 1995 | 16.6% | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 20.2% | +21.8% |
| 1997 | 20.7% | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 20.4% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 19.1% | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 22.0% | +15.1% |
| 2005 | 23.8% | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 27.4% | +15.5% |
| 2007 | 28.5% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 26.9% | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 27.8% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 25.3% | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 29.7% | +17.5% |
| 2012 | 26.2% | -11.8% |
| 2013 | 29.2% | +11.5% |
| 2014 | 23.3% | -20.2% |
| 2015 | 24.1% | +3.5% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 24.1% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 25.8%, 94% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 24.1% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 19.3%, 1.3× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10.2% | 6.4% | 14.3% | 5 |
| 1980s | 15.9% | 13.7% | 18.8% | 9 |
| 1990s | 18.9% | 16.6% | 20.7% | 8 |
| 2000s | 24.5% | 19.1% | 28.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 26.3% | 23.3% | 29.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
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 taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Egypt?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Egypt was 24.1% in 2015, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 29.7% in 2011.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.4% in 1975.
- How does Egypt rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Egypt ranks 76th out of 153 countries with data for 2015.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. 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 income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.