Market Research in Egypt – Fast Facts

• Population: 81.7 mil [16]* (3)**
• GDP: $405.4 billion [27] (2)
• GDP – Real Growth Rate: 7.1%
• Inflation: 11%
• Internet Users: 8.6 mil [31] (2)
• Telephones / Mobile-Cellular: 30 mil [27] (3)
• Illiteracy: 39.4%
• Education Expenditure: 4.2% of GDP [94] (23)
• Unemployment Rate: 9.1% [113] (6)
• Languages: Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
• Religion: Islam and Coptic Christianity
  

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