Egypt - Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

The value for Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) in Egypt was 5.04 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 29.51 in 2017 and a minimum value of -3.00 in 1962.

Definition: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.33
1961 0.69
1962 -3.00
1963 0.75
1964 3.66
1965 14.84
1966 9.04
1967 0.70
1968 -1.68
1969 3.41
1970 3.76
1971 3.14
1972 2.10
1973 5.11
1974 10.02
1975 9.67
1976 10.32
1977 12.73
1978 11.08
1979 9.90
1980 20.82
1981 10.32
1982 14.82
1983 16.08
1984 17.04
1985 12.11
1986 23.86
1987 19.69
1988 17.66
1989 21.26
1990 16.76
1991 19.75
1992 13.64
1993 12.09
1994 8.15
1995 15.74
1996 7.19
1997 4.63
1998 3.87
1999 3.08
2000 2.68
2001 2.27
2002 2.74
2003 4.51
2004 11.27
2005 4.87
2006 7.64
2007 9.32
2008 18.32
2009 11.76
2010 11.27
2011 10.06
2012 7.11
2013 9.47
2014 10.07
2015 10.37
2016 13.81
2017 29.51
2018 14.40
2019 9.15
2020 5.04

Aggregation method: Median

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exchange rates & prices