Egypt vs Upper middle income: Claims on central government, etc.
Egypt
48.2%
in 2025
Upper middle income
37.8%
in 2024
Egypt rank
8th
Upper middle income rank
10th
Claims on central government, etc. over time
- Egypt
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 48.2% against 37.8% in Upper middle income, a difference of 10.4%.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.3 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 60 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 8th and Upper middle income ranks 10th of 187 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31.2% | 6.7% | 24.5% | Egypt |
| 1970s | 42.2% | 5.4% | 36.8% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 48.1% | 12.1% | 36.0% | Egypt |
| 1990s | 30.9% | 8.3% | 22.6% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 30.8% | 13.7% | 17.0% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 48.3% | 15.7% | 32.5% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 54.2% | 32.7% | 21.5% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher claims on central government, etc., Egypt or Upper middle income?
- Egypt, at 48.2% against 37.8% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in claims on central government, etc. between Egypt and Upper middle income?
- 10.4%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Upper middle income?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Upper middle income rank globally for claims on central government, etc.?
- Egypt ranks 8th and Upper middle income ranks 10th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Claims on central government, etc. (% GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Claims on central government include loans to central government institutions net of deposits. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.