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Egypt: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2025 · 56 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
−3.82%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+1.9 pointsfrom −5.69%
Average, 2016–2025
−3.49%10 years
Record high and low
9.01% (1991)low −21.2% (1975)

Current account (% of GDP)

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-25%-20%-15%-10%-5%0%5%10%1970198019902000201020202030EgyptEgypt
ForecastPercent of GDP

Compare with other countries →Definition of Current account (% of GDP)

Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-2.67Forecast
2030-3.17Forecast
2029-3.50Forecast
2028-3.87Forecast
2027-4.58Forecast
2026-4.15Forecast
2025-3.82
2024-5.69
2023-3.17
2022-2.21
2021-0.129
2020-3.92
2019-3.37
2018-3.06
2017-3.38
2016-6.15

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1970–1997
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1977–2024
  • World Development Indicators1977–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2021
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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