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Business and Econominc indicators for 2005

Gross Domestic Product                                 الناتج المحلي الاجمالي
 

2003/2004

2004/2005

GDP at Market Price (LE Billions)

485

536

Real GDP at Market Price (LE Billions)

407

427

Real GDP Growth Rate

4.0

5.1

Real GDP Growth Rate (Per Capita)  

2.1

2.9

Share of Private Sector in GDP 62.2 62.3
Unemployment Rate 10.0 9.5
Average Annual Inflation Rate 9.5 --
End of Period Annual Inflation Rate 13.5 --
(Sources: Ministry of Planning, CAPMAS & calculation of Ministry of Foreign Trade & Industry).
 

Balance Of Payments 
                                            ميزان المدفوعات
 

(In Percent of GDP – Unless otherwise Stated)
 

2003/2004

2004/2005

Trade Balance (US$ Million)  -7,834
 -10.0
-10,377
-11.7
Total Exports (US$ Million)   10,453
13.3
13,816
15.5
Non Oil Exports (US$ Million) 6,542
8.3
8,540
9.6
Total Imports (US$ Million) 18,286
23.3
24,193
27.2
Current Account Balance (US$ Million)  3,418
4.4
2,894
3.2
Overall BOP Balance -0.2 5.0
(Sources : Central Bank of Egypt and Capital Market Authority).
 


External Debt Indicators 
                                       الديون الخارجية 
 

 

2003/2004

2004/2005

Total External Debt (US$ Million) 29,872 28,949
Total External Debt (of which): 38.0 32.5
Short Term Debt   2.5 2.1
Foreign Debt Service   3.2 3.0
Debt Service Ratio   9.2 9.3
NIR as Number of Months Of Imports  10.0 9.6
NIR To Short Term External Debt (folds)  7.5 10.4
(Sources : Central Bank of Egypt & Capital Market Authority).
 


Tourism Sector 
                                                          قطاع السياحة  
 

Annual Profile
(In Thousands)

2004

Jan-Sep 2005

Total Arrivals 8,104 6,475
Total Departures 7,700 6,242
Total Number of Tourist Nights 81,668 66,223
Average Number of Nights 10.6 10.6

Monthly Profile (In Thousands)
  Jun -05
Arrivals Departures
Jul -05
Arrivals Departures
    Aug -05
Arrivals Departures
Sep -05
Arrivals Departures
Total 654      574
(13.7) (13.0)
840      726
(5.9)   (13.9)
  743    800
-(15.3) -(12.5)
631      641
-(12.4) -(10.6)
Middle East 151      111 251       176 215        260 128         182
Africa 23         22 26          22 25           24 26           23
North America 21         18 22         20 20           22 18           20
Latin America 4            3 5             4 3             3 5             4
Eastern Europe 86         77 99        100 92          88 105          87
Western & Southern Europe 399      318 403       376 359         374 316        296
East Asia and Pacific 15          14 15          12 16             16 17           15
South Asia 15          11 18          15 12            13

16           14

Source: CAPMAS