Egypt vs Lower middle income: Imports of goods and services
Imports of goods and services over time
- Egypt
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 29.2% against 8.1% in Lower middle income, a difference of 21.1%.
That makes Egypt's figure about 3.6 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 29 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Egypt ranks 5th and Lower middle income ranks 5th of 178 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 5 and Lower middle income in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.3% | 3.7% | 1.3% | Lower middle income |
| 1970s | 7.0% | 3.9% | 3.1% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 3.3% | 2.4% | 0.8% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 3.6% | 7.6% | 4.0% | Lower middle income |
| 2000s | 10.7% | 10.0% | 0.7% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 6.7% | 4.8% | 1.9% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 6.8% | 4.8% | 2.0% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher imports of goods and services, Egypt or Lower middle income?
- Egypt, at 29.2% against 8.1% in Lower middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in imports of goods and services between Egypt and Lower middle income?
- 21.1%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Lower middle income?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Lower middle income rank globally for imports of goods and services?
- Egypt ranks 5th and Lower middle income ranks 5th 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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About this data
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.