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Egypt’s headline inflation drops to 4-year low of 8.7%, core inflation retreats to 5.9% in July
The announcement defied analyst expectations, as in July the Egyptian authorities decided to go ahead with slashing fuel subsidies, lifting petrol and diesel prices by about 17-30%.
24.6% decline in Egypt’s trade deficit in May
Egypt’s exports hiked by 1.6% in May, reaching $2.68bn
Egypt’s trade balance increases by 10.1 % in March 2019
According to the bulletin, the deficit value of the trade balance reached $4.15bn during March 2019, versus the $3.77bn for the same month of previous year, which is an increase of 10.1%
Economic cost of road accidents in Egypt reach EGP 28.9bn in 2017
Road accident casualties decrease by 48.0% during 2005-2017
Manufacturing, extractive industries index reach 142.80 in March: CAPMAS
It explained that the manufacture of food products reached 108.72 in March, up from 93.22 in February, an increase of 16.6%, due to higher contracting and supply and higher quantity of ground wheat.
Average weekly wage in Egypt amounts to EGP 1,104 in 2018: CAPMAS
In the private sector, the average weekly wage amounted to EGP 877 in 2018, compared to EGP 779 in 2017.
Egypt’s industrial production value increases by 27.6% in Q3 of 2018
Production values for chemicals and its products reached EGP 28.8bn for Q3 of 2018, compared to EGP 14.8bn for Q3 of 2017, an increase of 94.4%, due to increases in detergent and fertiliser production as well as an increase in market demand.
Egypt’s unemployment rate drops to 8.1% in Q1 of 2019: CAPMAS
Unemployed individuals reached 2.267 million, with 2.5% decline compared to Q4 of 2018
Urban areas home to 10.8m Egyptian households, 13.5m in rural areas in 2019: CAPMAS
This year’s theme is “Families and Climate Action: Focus on SDG” to highlight the role played by families and family policies in advancing Goal 16 of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Egypt’s trade deficit declines by 2.7% in February
Egypt trade deficit reached $3.63bn in February 2019, versus $3.72bn in the same month of the previous year, a decrease of 2.7%.
Egypt’s annual inflation falls to 12.5% in April
Egypt’s annual consumer price inflation dropped to 12.5% in April 2019, compared to 12.9% in April 2018, according to Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on Thursday. The CAPMAS said that the monthly inflation rate increased by 0.4% in April, recording 308.1 points, compared to 307 points in March. Furthermore, the CAPMAS attributed …
Manufacturing, Extractives Dependence Index declines by 9.7% in January: CAPMAS
Egypt’s Manufacturing and Extractives Dependence Index – excluding oil and gas products – decreased by 9.7% in January to 121.78, down from 134.83 in December 2018, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced on Sunday. In sector terms, chemicals and chemical products’ manufacturing index increased by 5.2% to 144.36 in January 2019, …
Egypt’s foreign exchange receipts reach $104bn in 2016/17: CAPMAS
Foreign investments in T-bills reached $7.5bn in 2016/17, compared to $19,000 in 2015/16
Egypt’s trade deficit increases by 14.1% in December 2018
Exports hike by 2.1% in same period, says CAPMAS
Annual inflation rates increase 1.7% to reach 13.9% in February 2019: CAPMAS
Vegetables, poultry, milk, cheese, eggs push monthly inflation to 1.8% in February compared to 0.8% in
January
Annual average inflation rate rises to 12.2% by end-January
Prices of vegetables, cereals, bread pushes monthly average inflation up by 0.8% in January, against decline of 4.1% in December 2018
Egypt’s fish production increases by 6.8 % in 2017: CAPMAS
Growth is due to a rise in aquaculture
Egypt’s self-sufficiency rate of rice reaches 94.2% in 2017: CAPMAS
Egypt’s self-sufficiency rate of rice reached 94.2% in 2017, with an average rice consumption per capita of 38.7 kg versus 34.7 kg in 2016, an increase of 11.5%,” the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced in its annual bulletin of production movement, foreign trade, and available agriculture commodities for consumption in 2017. …
CAPMAS monitors 78% hike in long-term loans to economic bodies in FY 2016/17
Increase in revenues came mainly from energy sector due to rise in international oil prices, pound flotation
CAPMAS embarks on fieldwork of fifth economic census 2018
Census aims to provide complete picture of structure, characteristics of various economic activities, their geographical distribution: Barakat
Exports up by 21.7% in September 2018: CAPMAS
Deficit value of trade balance reached $3bn in September 2018, versus $3.35bn for same month of 2017
CAPMAS issues study on competitive advantages of exports, imports based on small industries
43% of exported goods have competitive advantage
Percentage of older persons in Egypt 6.7%, in 2018: CAPMAS
‘Number of families headed by older persons are 4,542 million, representing 19.4% of total Egyptian families in 2017,’ according to data from general population, housing, enterprise census
Number of illiterate individuals fell to 18.4 million in 2017: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), stated in a press statement on Saturday that the illiteracy reached 18.4 million in 2017. The illiteracy rate declined from 39.4% in 1996 to 29.7% in 2006 and then to 25.8% in 2017. This statement came on the occasion of the International Literacy Day, which is …
1.6%, decline in Egypt’s number of live births in 2017: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed on Sunday that the number of live births reachedd 2,557,440 births in 2017 compared to 2,600,173 births in 2016, a decline of 1.6%. According to CAPMAS`s annual bulletin of births and deaths statistics in e2017, the crude birth rate reached 26.8 per thousand in 2017 compared …
560, total number of delegates abroad on scientific missions in 2017: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced Tuesday in its annual bulletin of delegates travelling abroad on scientific missions in 2017 that the total number of delegates reached 560. The CAPMAS stated that 435 delegates out of the 560 travelled on scholarships in 2017, compared to 328 delegates in 2016—an increase of …
73.6 average female life expectancy in Egypt in 2017: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed that Egyptian female life expectancy at birth increased to 73.6 years, compared to 70.8 years for males, in 2017. Meanwhile, the average expectancy of females in 2006 was 69.1 years, while for males was 66.5 years. This came according to the CAPMAS report on the …
CAPMAS, Investment Ministry create a survey on newly founded firms
Egypt’s minister of investment and international cooperation, Sahar Nasr, signed a protocol with the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS)’s chairperson, Khairat Barakat, to create a survey on the newly founded firms to figure out their problems and to simplify governmental procedures, according to a Thursday ministerial press statement. Nasr said that new protocol with …
0.3% increase in Egypt’s inflation rate in February: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced in its monthly bulletin that the inflation rate in Egypt increased by 0.3% in February compared to January, reaching 267 points compared to 266.3 points. According to the CAPMAS’s monthly bulletin, the annual inflation rate in Egypt amounted to 14.3% in February, compared to 31.7% …
EGP 3.027tn total deposit balances in 2016/2017
Total deposit balances increased in 2016/2017 to reach EGP 3.027tn, an increase of 43.1%, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS). The CAPMAS attributed this increase to shares of the household sector and private business sector, as well as to the contribution of the economic measures adopted since January 2016, which …