Proportion of total government spending on essential … social in Egypt
Egypt: Proportion of total government spending on essential … social was 29.0% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Egypt, 2000–2015
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 29.0% for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in 2015.
The figure is up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Egypt peaked at 39.0% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2000.
That places Egypt 47th out of 128 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential … social in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7% | — |
| 2001 | 0.8% | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 21.0% | +2505.3% |
| 2003 | 21.3% | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 22.5% | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 24.1% | +7.3% |
| 2006 | 38.4% | +59.5% |
| 2007 | 35.8% | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 39.0% | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 37.1% | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 33.9% | -8.7% |
| 2011 | 36.5% | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 34.2% | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 29.0% | -15.1% |
| 2014 | 29.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 29.0% | +0.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 29.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.3%, 4.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 29.0% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 19.6%, 1.5× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of total government spending on essential … social 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +2505.3% | 0.8% | 21.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.1% | 0.7% | 39.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.9% | 29.0% | 36.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More poverty & inequality data for Egypt
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 3 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.75 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 7,402 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 4.55 % change on previous year (2023)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.398 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 8.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Egypt?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social in Egypt was 29.0% in 2015, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 39.0% in 2008.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services, social recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2000.
- How does Egypt rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services, social?
- Egypt ranks 47th out of 128 countries with data for 2015.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services, social rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social protection (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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