EGP
Egypt
Egypt's price level is 15 % of US prices, the 2nd lowest of 125. And its deposit rate is 19.16 %, the 3rd highest of 70.
Of 17 fields published for Egypt, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
15 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$713 PPP/mo
The average employee in Egypt earns about $713 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
6.30 %
100 saved in Egypt in 2000 buys what 6 buys today — 94 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$713 PPP/mo
The average employee in Egypt earns about $713 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$863 PPP/mo
The law in Egypt sets the floor at about $863 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
5.09 %
A bank account in Egypt currently gains about 5.1 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
19.16 %
Inflation rate
14.07 %
At 14.1 % a year, prices double in about 5 years if it holds.
Lending rate
24.29 %
ranked 62nd of 67
Savings vs inflation
5.09 %
ranked 7th of 69
Inflation rate
14.07 %
ranked 112th of 123
Public holidays
7 days
ranked 92nd of 104
Average monthly salary
$713 PPP/mo
ranked 81st of 92
Where Egypt sits, field by field
Each dot is Egypt’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Price level15 % of US prices2 of 125
- Deposit rate19.16 %3 of 70
- Lending rate24.29 %62 of 67
- Savings vs inflation5.09 %7 of 69
- Inflation rate14.07 %112 of 123
- Money's value6.30 %105 of 116
- Public holidays7 days92 of 104
- Average monthly salary$713 PPP/mo81 of 92
- GDP per capita$3,086107 of 127
- Median salary$656 PPP/mo65 of 78
- Government debt86.80 %102 of 124
- GDP growth4.39 %32 of 127
- Minimum wage$863 PPP/mo27 of 85
- Unemployment rate6.78 %84 of 124
- Debt per person$2,67842 of 123
- Corporate tax22.50 %54 of 96
- Bank spread5.13 %29 of 62
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Kenya
avg gap 15.2 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $863 PPP/mo (Egypt) vs $361 PPP/mo
Honduras
avg gap 16.6 pp · 17 shared fields
Most separates them: price level — 15 % of US prices (Egypt) vs 46 % of US prices
Tunisia
avg gap 17 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: money's value — 6.30 % (Egypt) vs 32.00 %
Pakistan
avg gap 18.8 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: lending rate — 24.29 % (Egypt) vs 8.67 %
| GDP per capita | $3,086 | ranked 107th of 127 | |
| Median salary | $656 PPP/mo | ranked 65th of 78 | |
| Government debt | 86.80 % | ranked 102nd of 124 | |
| GDP growth | 4.39 % | ranked 32nd of 127 | |
| Minimum wage | $863 PPP/mo | ranked 27th of 85 | |
| Unemployment rate | 6.78 % | ranked 84th of 124 | |
| Debt per person | $2,678 | ranked 42nd of 123 | |
| Corporate tax | 22.50 % | ranked 54th of 96 | |
| Bank spread | 5.13 % | ranked 29th of 62 |
✓ 17 fields published for Egypt, every one dated and sourced · 18 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Egypt: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 17 figures
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 2647 → 2678 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 85.7885338345865 → 86.8 |