Commercial users: see the World Economic Database from our partners at Anansi Data Analytics

Egypt: Inflation

Percent · 1860–2025 · 166 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
14.1%percent
Change on 2024
−19.2 pointsfrom 33.3%
Average, 2016–2025
16.2%10 years
Record high and low
40.8% (1942)low −28.5% (1921)

Inflation

Report error
-30%-20%-10%0%10%20%30%40%50%1875190019251950197520002025EgyptEgypt
ForecastPercent

Compare with other countries →Definition of Inflation

Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20315.32Forecast
20305.36Forecast
20296.20Forecast
20288.12Forecast
202711.1Forecast
202613.2Forecast
202514.1
202433.3
202324.4
202213.9
20215.21
20205.70
201913.9
201814.4
201723.5
201613.8

Sources

  • Clio Infra1860–2010
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1860–2014
  • Mitchell1916–2009
  • Historical Financial Statistics1921–1944
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1951–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1997
  • Bordo1972–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2017
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

Compare these sources →

Egypt documentation (PDF)

More for Egypt

Real GDP per capita (USD)Nominal GDPReal GDPUnemployment rateGovernment debt (% of GDP)Current account (% of GDP)All 73 series →

Inflation elsewhere

United StatesChinaJapanGermanyUnited KingdomFrance

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 →

GMD release 2026_09 · License & terms