| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $295.2 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
3.1% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $4,000 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 17%
industry: 33%
services: 50% (2003) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
16.7% (2000 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 3.7%
highest 10%: 29.5% (1999) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
4.3% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
20.19 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 32%, industry 17%, services 51% (2001 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $14.69 billion
expenditures: $19.03 billion, including capital expenditures of $2.7 billion (2003) |
| Industries : |
textiles, food processing, tourism, chemicals, hydrocarbons, construction, cement, metals |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
1.5% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
75.23 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 81%
hydro: 19%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
69.96 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits, vegetables; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats |
| Exports : |
$8.759 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 13.6%, Italy 12.4%, UK 8.1%, France 4.8%, Germany 4.7%, India 4.2% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$14.75 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, wood products, fuels |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 13.4%, Germany 7.3%, Italy 6.9%, France 6.5%, China 4.7%, Saudi Arabia 4.2% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$30.34 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
ODA, $1.2 billion (2001) |
| Currency : |
Egyptian pound (EGP) |
| Currency Code : |
EGP |
| Exchange Rates : |
Egyptian pounds per US dollar - 5.8509 (2003), 4.4997 (2002), 3.973 (2001), 3.4721 (2000), 3.3953 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 July - 30 June |
