Financial system deposits to GDP in Egypt
Egypt: Financial system deposits to GDP was 80.8% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Financial system deposits to GDP in Egypt, 1960–2021
Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 80.8% for financial system deposits to gdp in 2021.
The figure is up 9.5% on the previous year and up 35.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, financial system deposits to gdp in Egypt peaked at 84.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 14.0%, in 1971.
That places Egypt 54th out of 185 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 62 years of available data.
Financial system deposits to GDP in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 16.7% | — |
| 1961 | 18.1% | +8.5% |
| 1962 | 17.4% | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 18.7% | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 19.2% | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 17.0% | -11.3% |
| 1966 | 14.6% | -14.0% |
| 1967 | 14.9% | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 15.9% | +7.0% |
| 1969 | 15.4% | -3.6% |
| 1970 | 15.2% | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 14.0% | -8.0% |
| 1972 | 15.7% | +12.0% |
| 1973 | 18.5% | +17.9% |
| 1974 | 22.1% | +19.3% |
| 1975 | 21.4% | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 23.7% | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 27.3% | +15.0% |
| 1978 | 29.4% | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 31.8% | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 37.0% | +16.3% |
| 1981 | 48.8% | +32.0% |
| 1982 | 55.0% | +12.7% |
| 1983 | 56.3% | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 61.5% | +9.3% |
| 1985 | 63.1% | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 72.0% | +14.1% |
| 1987 | 63.0% | -12.6% |
| 1988 | 65.3% | +3.7% |
| 1989 | 63.6% | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 66.5% | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 70.8% | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 68.9% | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 68.7% | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 68.3% | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 64.5% | -5.5% |
| 1996 | 63.8% | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 62.8% | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 60.2% | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 60.4% | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 61.6% | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 66.7% | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 71.0% | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 78.6% | +10.6% |
| 2004 | 80.3% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 80.2% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 79.8% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 79.1% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 71.9% | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 67.5% | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 65.4% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 59.8% | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 57.5% | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 61.1% | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 62.4% | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 65.5% | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 84.0% | +28.3% |
| 2017 | 80.5% | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 71.8% | -10.8% |
| 2019 | 67.7% | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 73.8% | +8.9% |
| 2021 | 80.8% | +9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.8% | 14.6% | 19.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 21.9% | 14.0% | 31.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 58.6% | 37.0% | 72.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 65.5% | 60.2% | 70.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.7% | 61.6% | 80.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.6% | 57.5% | 84.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.3% | 73.8% | 80.8% | 2 |
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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)
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) (SDR), per capita 301.51 SDR per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is financial system deposits to gdp in Egypt?
- Financial system deposits to gdp in Egypt was 80.8% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest financial system deposits to gdp recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 84.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest financial system deposits to gdp recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 1971.
- How does Egypt rank for financial system deposits to gdp?
- Egypt ranks 54th out of 185 countries with data for 2021.
- Is financial system deposits to gdp rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Financial system deposits to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Demand, time and saving deposits in deposit money banks and other financial institutions as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is demand and time and saving deposits, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF’s International Financial Statistics. Financial system deposits (IFS lines 24, 25, 44, and 45); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).