Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) in Egypt
Egypt: Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) was 32.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Industry (including construction), value added in Egypt, 1960–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for industry (including construction), value added in Egypt is 32.1%, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, industry (including construction), value added in Egypt peaked at 39.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 20.5%, in 1973.
That places Egypt 47th out of 209 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 21.6% | — |
| 1961 | 22.1% | +2.3% |
| 1962 | 24.8% | +12.3% |
| 1963 | 25.0% | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 25.0% | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 24.1% | -3.9% |
| 1966 | 24.0% | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 23.8% | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 22.7% | -4.5% |
| 1969 | 24.1% | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 21.4% | -11.2% |
| 1971 | 22.1% | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 21.7% | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 20.5% | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 23.3% | +13.6% |
| 1975 | 25.4% | +9.2% |
| 1976 | 23.8% | -6.4% |
| 1977 | 24.7% | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 26.2% | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 34.7% | +32.7% |
| 1980 | 33.4% | -3.9% |
| 1981 | 31.3% | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 30.0% | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 28.6% | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 28.8% | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 29.6% | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 27.9% | -5.8% |
| 1987 | 25.9% | -7.0% |
| 1988 | 27.4% | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 26.6% | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 27.4% | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 32.1% | +17.2% |
| 1992 | 31.4% | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 31.1% | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 30.5% | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 30.2% | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 29.5% | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 29.0% | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 28.6% | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 28.4% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 30.8% | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 30.9% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 32.6% | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 33.4% | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 34.7% | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 34.1% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 36.2% | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 35.1% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 36.2% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 35.8% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 35.8% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 36.0% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 39.3% | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 39.9% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 39.9% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 36.6% | -8.2% |
| 2016 | 32.5% | -11.4% |
| 2017 | 34.4% | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 35.3% | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 35.8% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 32.4% | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 31.2% | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 32.7% | +4.9% |
| 2023 | 32.7% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 32.6% | -0.5% |
| 2025 | 32.1% | -1.6% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 32.1% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 25.4%, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 32.1% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 27.4%, 1.2× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Industry (including construction), value added (% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +32.7% | 26.2% | 34.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23.7% | 21.6% | 25.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 24.4% | 20.5% | 34.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 29.0% | 25.9% | 33.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 29.8% | 27.4% | 32.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.0% | 30.8% | 36.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 36.5% | 32.5% | 39.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.3% | 31.2% | 32.7% | 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 industry (including construction), value added in Egypt?
- Industry (including construction), value added in Egypt was 32.1% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest industry (including construction), value added recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 39.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest industry (including construction), value added recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.5% in 1973.
- How does Egypt rank for industry (including construction), value added?
- Egypt ranks 47th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is industry (including construction), value added rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Industry (including construction) corresponds to ISIC (Rev.4) divisions 05-43. It is comprised of mining, manufacturing, construction, electricity, water, and gas industries. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. 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.