Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Egypt
Egypt: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 42.4% 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 total taxes.
Analysis
In 2015, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Egypt stood at 42.4%.
That represents a change of down 8.7% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Egypt peaked at 51.2% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 13.0%, in 1975.
That places Egypt 55th out of 153 countries with data for 2015, putting it 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 total taxes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 13.0% | — |
| 1976 | 17.1% | +31.3% |
| 1977 | 13.2% | -22.8% |
| 1978 | 22.7% | +71.8% |
| 1979 | 23.3% | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 34.4% | +47.8% |
| 1982 | 32.9% | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 34.7% | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 28.0% | -19.2% |
| 1985 | 30.7% | +9.6% |
| 1986 | 33.8% | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 31.4% | -7.0% |
| 1988 | 31.4% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 31.9% | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 33.5% | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 38.6% | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 38.9% | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 38.2% | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 36.0% | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 33.8% | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 34.2% | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 34.4% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 38.6% | +12.4% |
| 2003 | 37.4% | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 40.6% | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 41.7% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 49.4% | +18.5% |
| 2007 | 51.2% | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 48.9% | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 49.2% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 44.9% | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 46.6% | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 44.0% | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 46.9% | +6.6% |
| 2014 | 46.5% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 42.4% | -8.7% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 42.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 35.7%, 1.2× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 42.4% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 38.8%, 1.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on income, profits and capital gains 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +71.8% | 13.2% | 22.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 17.9% | 13.0% | 23.3% | 5 |
| 1980s | 32.1% | 28.0% | 34.7% | 9 |
| 1990s | 35.9% | 33.5% | 38.9% | 8 |
| 2000s | 44.6% | 37.4% | 51.2% | 8 |
| 2010s | 45.2% | 42.4% | 46.9% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Egypt?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Egypt was 42.4% 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 51.2% in 2007.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.0% in 1975.
- How does Egypt rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Egypt ranks 55th 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 1.8%. 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 total taxes). 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 total taxes which includes all compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.