Insurance and financial services in Egypt
Egypt: Insurance and financial services was 11.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Insurance and financial services in Egypt, 1977–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of service imports, BoP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for insurance and financial services in Egypt is 11.0%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 8.8% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Egypt peaked at 11.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 1992.
Egypt ranks 40th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Insurance and financial services in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of service imports, BoP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 3.4% | — |
| 1978 | 4.0% | +17.7% |
| 1979 | 4.2% | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 3.4% | -17.5% |
| 1981 | 4.0% | +17.1% |
| 1982 | 3.6% | -9.7% |
| 1983 | 3.9% | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 4.8% | +22.9% |
| 1985 | 4.5% | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 4.4% | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 4.8% | +9.5% |
| 1988 | 4.9% | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 3.8% | -23.3% |
| 1990 | 4.1% | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 3.6% | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 2.5% | -29.7% |
| 1993 | 2.6% | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 3.4% | +32.3% |
| 1995 | 4.3% | +25.5% |
| 1996 | 3.8% | -10.6% |
| 1997 | 2.9% | -24.4% |
| 1998 | 7.0% | +142.3% |
| 1999 | 7.5% | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 6.3% | -17.0% |
| 2001 | 6.2% | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 6.4% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 6.9% | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 7.7% | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 9.3% | +21.5% |
| 2006 | 9.0% | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 9.5% | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 9.4% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 10.4% | +10.3% |
| 2010 | 10.1% | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 10.7% | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 9.9% | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 9.6% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 10.1% | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 9.8% | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 10.5% | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 10.0% | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 10.7% | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 10.7% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 11.7% | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 9.6% | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 11.6% | +20.7% |
| 2024 | 10.1% | -13.3% |
| 2025 | 11.0% | +8.8% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 11.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.5%, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 11.0% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6.5%, 1.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Insurance and financial services 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +142.3% | 2.9% | 7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4.2% | 3 |
| 1980s | 4.2% | 3.4% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.2% | 2.5% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.1% | 6.2% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.2% | 9.6% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 9.6% | 11.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More economy & growth data for Egypt
- 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)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 695.90 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 5.88 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 15.45 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -66.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0423 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 130.55 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 8.8 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Egypt?
- Insurance and financial services in Egypt was 11.0% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest insurance and financial services recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 11.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 1992.
- How does Egypt rank for insurance and financial services?
- Egypt ranks 40th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Insurance and financial services cover various types of insurance provided to nonresidents by resident insurance enterprises and vice versa, and financial intermediary and auxiliary services (except those of insurance enterprises and pension funds) exchanged between residents and nonresidents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are services provided by non-residents to residents.