Egypt
General information
Capital: Al-Qahirah (Cairo)
Currency unit: Egyptian pound
Official language: Arabic
Area: 995,450 km²
Population in million: 98,423,600.0
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 2,549
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 12,412
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 48.1
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.0 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 18.1 %
Life expectancy at birth: 71.7 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 71 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 250,895,000,000.00
Agriculture value added of GDP: 11.2
Industry value added of GDP: 35.1
Services value added of GDP: 5.0
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 30,133,300.00
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 64,136,300.00
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Nitrogenous fertilisers (3.50 %)
Insulated wire, cable and other insulated electric conductors (2.44 %)
Men's suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers and trousers (1.45 %)
Women's suits, ensembles, jackets, blazers and dresses (1.06 %)
Flat-rolled products of iron or steel, hot-rolled (1.01 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Citrus fruit (1.77 %)
Cheese (1.16 %)
Potatoes (0.72 %)
Cane or beet sugar (0.63 %)
Rice (0.62 %)