Egypt vs Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Imports of goods and services

Egypt
29.2%
in 2025
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
7.6%
in 2025
Egypt rank
5th
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank
6th

Imports of goods and services over time

  • Egypt
  • Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
-200204060196119932025

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 29.2% against 7.6% in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), a difference of 21.6%.

That makes Egypt's figure about 3.8 times Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)'s.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1997 it was Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ahead.

Egypt ranks 5th and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 6th of 178 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 3 and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) Difference Ahead
1990s 6.6% 14.5% 7.9% Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
2000s 10.7% 7.5% 3.2% Egypt
2010s 6.7% 2.1% 4.6% Egypt
2020s 6.8% 5.3% 1.5% Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher imports of goods and services, Egypt or Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
Egypt, at 29.2% against 7.6% in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) as of 2025.
What is the difference in imports of goods and services between Egypt and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
21.6%, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
29 years are reported by both, from 1997 to 2025.
How do Egypt and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank globally for imports of goods and services?
Egypt ranks 5th and Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 6th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as Imports of goods and services (annual % growth). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Imports of goods and services (annual % growth)
Unit
annual % growth
Source
Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
214 places, 9,177 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.