Discount Rate, Percent per annum in Egypt
Egypt: Discount Rate, Percent per annum was 27.75 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Discount Rate, Percent per annum in Egypt, 1964–2024
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2024, discount rate, percent per annum in Egypt stood at 27.75. That is the highest value across all 61 years on record.
The figure is up 40.5% on the previous year and up 184.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, discount rate, percent per annum in Egypt peaked at 27.75 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5, in 1964.
Egypt ranks 3rd of 70 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 1970s | 6 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.8 | 11 | 14 | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.57 | 12 | 20 | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.1 | 8.5 | 12 | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.03 | 8.5 | 19.25 | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.35 | 8.75 | 27.75 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More financial sector data for Egypt
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 154,531 current LCU per person (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 50.08 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 18.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 145.56 million SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 13.26 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 22.11 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 22.42 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 35.69 billion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 35.69 billion SDR (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 25.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is discount rate, percent per annum in Egypt?
- Discount rate, percent per annum in Egypt was 27.75 in 2024, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest discount rate, percent per annum recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 27.75 in 2024.
- What is the lowest discount rate, percent per annum recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 in 1964.
- How does Egypt rank for discount rate, percent per annum?
- Egypt ranks 3rd out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is discount rate, percent per annum rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 184.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Discount Rate, Percent per annum. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Interest Rates dataset presents country-specific interest rate data across sectors and instruments, based on nationally defined methodologies.