GDP per capita, long-run history in Egypt

Latest: 13,205
Previous: 12,868
Change: +337.14 (+2.6%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2022
Frequency: Annual
Unit: International dollars (2011 prices)

GDP per capita, long-run history over time

Annual, International dollars (2011 prices), Not seasonally adjusted

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Observations for GDP per capita, long-run history in Egypt
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1963	1,785
Dec 31, 1964	1,859
Dec 31, 1965	1,934
Dec 31, 1966	1,900
Dec 31, 1967	1,835
Dec 31, 1968	1,827
Dec 31, 1969	1,914
Dec 31, 1970	1,999
Dec 31, 1971	2,045
Dec 31, 1972	2,047
Dec 31, 1973	2,063
Dec 31, 1974	2,099
Dec 31, 1975	2,265
Dec 31, 1976	2,560
Dec 31, 1977	2,817
Dec 31, 1978	2,939
Dec 31, 1979	3,076
Dec 31, 1980	3,298
Dec 31, 1981	3,309
Dec 31, 1982	3,543
Dec 31, 1983	3,701
Dec 31, 1984	3,810
Dec 31, 1985	3,939
Dec 31, 1986	3,921
Dec 31, 1987	3,929
Dec 31, 1988	4,001
Dec 31, 1989	4,030
Dec 31, 1990	4,022
Dec 31, 1991	4,180
Dec 31, 1992	4,339
Dec 31, 1993	4,543
Dec 31, 1994	4,747
Dec 31, 1995	5,001
Dec 31, 1996	5,293
Dec 31, 1997	5,595
Dec 31, 1998	5,885
Dec 31, 1999	6,211
Dec 31, 2000	6,594
Dec 31, 2001	6,915
Dec 31, 2002	7,143
Dec 31, 2003	7,366
Dec 31, 2004	7,662
Dec 31, 2005	8,022
Dec 31, 2006	8,510
Dec 31, 2007	9,131
Dec 31, 2008	9,698
Dec 31, 2009	10,159
Dec 31, 2010	10,719
Dec 31, 2011	10,737
Dec 31, 2012	10,775
Dec 31, 2013	10,871
Dec 31, 2014	11,136
Dec 31, 2015	11,313
Dec 31, 2016	11,458
Dec 31, 2017	11,546
Dec 31, 2018	11,895
Dec 31, 2019	12,300
Dec 31, 2020	12,235
Dec 31, 2021	12,868
Dec 31, 2022	13,205

About this indicator

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 (opens in a new tab)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Egypt

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
700 – 1500: Pamuk, Ş. and M. Shatzmiller (2011). “Real Wages and GDP per capita in the Medieval Islamic Middle East in Comparative Perspective, 700-1500”, paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Dublin, September 2-3, 2011.
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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