Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) in Egypt
Egypt: Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) was 1.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Gross domestic savings in Egypt, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, gross domestic savings in Egypt stood at 1.2%. That is the lowest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of down 80.5% on the previous year and down 79.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross domestic savings in Egypt peaked at 21.1% in 1986 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2025.
Egypt ranks 157th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 66 years of available data.
Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 13.5% | — |
| 1961 | 14.0% | +3.7% |
| 1962 | 13.4% | -4.1% |
| 1963 | 12.6% | -5.7% |
| 1964 | 12.9% | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 13.9% | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 12.2% | -11.8% |
| 1967 | 11.8% | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 7.3% | -37.6% |
| 1969 | 7.7% | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 11.1% | +44.5% |
| 1971 | 8.3% | -24.8% |
| 1972 | 6.6% | -20.8% |
| 1973 | 8.6% | +30.1% |
| 1974 | 8.0% | -7.2% |
| 1975 | 8.6% | +7.6% |
| 1976 | 10.9% | +27.0% |
| 1977 | 14.2% | +30.7% |
| 1978 | 14.6% | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 15.7% | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 15.2% | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 19.6% | +29.0% |
| 1982 | 19.5% | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 19.5% | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 19.0% | -2.9% |
| 1985 | 20.1% | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 21.1% | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 15.9% | -24.5% |
| 1988 | 15.3% | -4.2% |
| 1989 | 17.1% | +12.3% |
| 1990 | 16.7% | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 15.8% | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 17.0% | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 15.6% | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 15.1% | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 15.0% | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 12.7% | -15.4% |
| 1997 | 11.5% | -9.3% |
| 1998 | 12.0% | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 13.4% | +11.3% |
| 2000 | 12.9% | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 13.4% | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 13.6% | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 14.3% | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 15.6% | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 15.7% | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 17.1% | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 16.3% | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 16.8% | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 12.6% | -25.3% |
| 2010 | 14.3% | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 13.0% | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 8.1% | -37.5% |
| 2013 | 7.9% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 5.2% | -33.8% |
| 2015 | 5.8% | +11.5% |
| 2016 | 5.5% | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | +8.1% |
| 2018 | 10.7% | +80.2% |
| 2019 | 12.8% | +20.0% |
| 2020 | 11.6% | -9.2% |
| 2021 | 9.5% | -18.6% |
| 2022 | 13.0% | +37.7% |
| 2023 | 14.3% | +9.2% |
| 2024 | 6.1% | -56.9% |
| 2025 | 1.2% | -80.5% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 1.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12.2%, 10% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 1.2% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 26.5%, 5% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gross domestic savings (% of GDP) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +80.2% | 5.9% | 10.7% |
| 2025 | -80.5% | 6.1% | 1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.9% | 7.3% | 14.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 10.6% | 6.6% | 15.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 18.2% | 15.2% | 21.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.5% | 11.5% | 17.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.8% | 12.6% | 17.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.9% | 5.2% | 14.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.3% | 1.2% | 14.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More economy & growth data for Egypt
- Real gdp growth, annual growth rate 83.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.11 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.63 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 79.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.469 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 70.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.3425 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -20.37 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross domestic savings in Egypt?
- Gross domestic savings in Egypt was 1.2% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest gross domestic savings recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 21.1% in 1986.
- What is the lowest gross domestic savings recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2025.
- How does Egypt rank for gross domestic savings?
- Egypt ranks 157th out of 188 countries with data for 2025.
- Is gross domestic savings rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 79.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Gross domestic savings (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross domestic savings are calculated as GDP less final consumption expenditure (total consumption). This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.