Summary
This PESTLE country analysis report on Egypt provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.
Synopsis
- Understand the political system in Egypt through analysis of key figures in the country and governance indicators.
- Understand the economic situation in Egypt through a balanced assessment of core macroeconomic issues.
- Understand customer demographics in Egypt through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.
- Understand the technological landscape in Egypt through analysis of relevant laws and policies, as well as patents data.
- Understand the legal landscape in Egypt through analysis of the judicial system as well as performance of the legal indicators
- Understand the environmental landscape in Egypt through analysis of the environmental regulations and the performance of the environmetal indicators
Scope
- The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in Egypt, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.
- The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of Egypt's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment."
- The social landscape section analyzes the government's social welfare policies, as well as the country's performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education.
Reasons to buy
- What is the outlook in Egypt in terms of political stability, policies towards business, and the popularity of the government?
- How does Egypt perform in terms of GDP growth, its fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, and employment?
- How does Egypt perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?
- How does Egypt perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like IT, life sciences, and R&D expenditure trends?
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Table of Contents
OVERVIEW 2
CATALYST 2
SUMMARY 2
Key findings 2
PESTLE highlights 5
Key fundamentals 7
KEY FACTS AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION 13
KEY FACTS 13
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION 14
PESTLE ANALYSIS 15
SUMMARY 15
POLITICAL ANALYSIS 16
Overview 16
Current strengths 16
Current challenges 17
Future prospects 19
Future risks 20
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 22
Overview 22
Current strengths 22
Increasing foreign Investments 22
Current challenges 23
Future prospects 25
Future risks 26
SOCIAL ANALYSIS 27
Overview 27
Current strengths 27
Current challenges 29
Future prospects 30
Future risks 31
TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS 32
Overview 32
Current strengths 32
Current challenges 34
Future prospects 35
Future risks 35
LEGAL ANALYSIS 37
Overview 37
Current strengths 37
Current challenges 37
Future prospects 38
Future risks 38
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 39
Overview 39
Current strengths 39
Current challenges 40
Future prospects 43
Future risks 44
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE 46
SUMMARY 46
EVOLUTION 46
STRUCTURE AND POLICIES 48
Key political figures 48
Structure of the government 49
Structure of legislature 49
Composition of government 49
Key policies 50
PERFORMANCE 52
Governance indicators 52
OUTLOOK 53
ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE 54
SUMMARY 54
EVOLUTION 54
STRUCTURE AND POLICIES 56
Financial system 56
Stock market 56
PERFORMANCE 56
GDP and growth rate 56
Fiscal situation 61
International investment position 62
Monetary situation 62
Employment 63
OUTLOOK 64
SOCIAL LANDSCAPE 65
SUMMARY 65
EVOLUTION 65
STRUCTURE AND POLICIES 65
Demographic composition 65
Healthcare 67
PERFORMANCE 68
Healthcare 68
Income distribution 69
Education 69
OUTLOOK 70
TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE 71
SUMMARY 71
EVOLUTION 71
STRUCTURE AND POLICIES 71
Intellectual property 71
Technology agreements and pacts 72
PERFORMANCE 73
Telecommunications and internet access 73
OUTLOOK 74
LEGAL LANDSCAPE 75
SUMMARY 75
EVOLUTION 75
STRUCTURE AND POLICIES 75
Judicial system 75
Tax regulations 75
PERFORMANCE 76
Effectiveness of the legal system 76
OUTLOOK 76
ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPE 77
SUMMARY 77
EVOLUTION 77
STRUCTURE AND POLICIES 77
Environmental regulations 77
Participation in global efforts, agreements and pacts 78
PERFORMANCE 78
Environmental impact 78
OUTLOOK 79
APPENDIX 80
ASK THE ANALYST 80
DISCLAIMER 80
List of Tabels
Table 1: Egypt – key fundamentals, 2015–2022f 7
Table 2: Egypt – key facts, 2018 13
Table 3: Analysis of Egypt’s political landscape 16
Table 4: Analysis of Egypt’s economy 22
Table 4: Analysis of Egypt’s social system 27
Table 5: Analysis of Egypt’s technology landscape 32
Table 6: Incidents faced by Egyptian Computer Emergency Response Team (EG- CERT) in 2016/2017 33
Table 7: Analysis of Egypt’s legal landscape 37
Table 8: Analysis of Egypt’s environmental landscape 39
Table 9: Mid-year population by age, 2017 66
Table 10: Patents received from the USPTO, 2010–15 72
List of Figures
Figure 1: Map of Egypt 14
Figure 2: Military expenditure in Egypt, 1990, 2000–2017 19
Figure 3: Foreign direct investment in Egypt, 2000–2017 23
Figure 4: Number of international tourist arrivals in Egypt, 2000–2016 24
Figure 5: International tourism receipts in Egypt, 2000–2016 24
Figure 6: Bank nonperforming loans to total gross loans (%), 2010–2017 25
Figure 7: Bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio (%), 2001–2017 26
Figure 8: Cyber Security Index - 2017 33
Figure 9: Fixed broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants, 2016 35
Figure 10: Environmental loss in Egypt over the years, 2001–2015 41
Figure 11: Freshwater withdrawals in Egypt - 2010 42
Figure 12: Electricity production from renewable sources, 2000–2014 44
Figure 13: Egypt – key political events timeline 48
Figure 14: Egypt – key political figures 49
Figure 15: Elections results in Egypt - 2018 50
Figure 16: Egypt – historical GDP growth, 2007-17 55
Figure 17: GDP and GDP growth rate in Egypt, 2012–2022f 57
Figure 18: GDP composition by sector, 2017 58
Figure 19: Agricultural output of Egypt, 2012–2017 59
Figure 20: Industrial output of Egypt, 2012–2017 60
Figure 21: Services output of Egypt, 2012–2017 61
Figure 22: External trade of Egypt, 2013-17 62
Figure 23: Consumer price index and consumer price index-based inflation in Egypt, 2012–22f 63
Figure 24: Unemployment rate in Egypt, 2012–2022f 64
Figure 25: Egypt – composition by religion, 2015 67
Figure 26: Total Healthcare expenditure in Egypt, 2011-17 69
Figure 27: Total Education expenditure in Egypt, 2011–2013 70
Figure 28: Internet subscribers in Egypt, 2012–2016 74
Figure 29: Carbon dioxide emissions in Egypt, 2008-2015 79
