Egypt's total foreign trade volume rose to $89.034 billion during the first half (H1) of 2026 from $74.990 billion in H1 2025

Trade exchange between Egypt and Saudi Arabia hit $7.1 billion in the first six months of 2026, 20.3% up from $5.9 billion a year earlier, according to data released by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

Trade between Egypt and BRICS members rose to $36.7 billion in the first half (H1) of 2026, up from $29.3 billion in the same period in 2025, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

Egypt's annual headline inflation rate recorded 12.7% in August 2026, compared to 13% last July, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

Egypt’s trade deficit rose 58.5% year on year (YoY) to $7.5 billion in June 2026, up from $4.7 billion in the same month of 2025.

Egypt’s trade exchange with China jumped by 21.5% year-on-year (YoY) to $11.3 billion during the first half (H1) of 2026, compared to $9.3 billion

Egypt’s manufacturing and extractive industries production index increased by 5.1% month on month to a preliminary 136.44 points in June 2026 from a final 129.81 points in May.

Egyptian exports rose by around 7.1% year on year (YoY) to $28 billion in the first half (H1) of 2026, according to data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

Egypt's annual headline inflation rate rose to 13% in July 2026, from 12.2% last June, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

Egypt’s trade balance deficit edged down by 0.30% year-on-year (YoY) to $3.99 billion in May 2026 from $4 billion, data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) showed.

Egypt’s unemployment rate stood at 5.8% in the second quarter (Q2) of 2026, down 0.2 percentage points from the previous quarter, according to data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

Egypt's trade deficit recorded $4.8 billion in April 2026, up 20.2% year-on-year (YoY) from $4 billion, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) data.

Egypt's annual inflation rate declined to 12.2% in June 2026, down from 13% in May.

Egypt's exports to international trade blocs of which it is a member rose 16.8% year on year (YoY) to $54.4 billion in 2025, from $46.6 billion in 2024.

The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) and the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) have signed the first-of-its-kind cooperation protocol to establish a framework for exchanging and making available data and statistical indicators related to the insurance and securities brokerage sectors.

Trade exchange between Egypt and the G7 countries rose by 22.1% year-on-year (YoY) to $36.5 billion in 2025, compared to $29.9 billion in 2024, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) data.

Egypt's annual inflation rate declined to 13% in May 2026, down from approximately 13.4% in April.

Egypt’s manufacturing and extractive industries production index, excluding crude oil and petroleum products, rose 6.6% month-on-month (MoM) in March.

The value of bilateral trade between Egypt and Uganda reached $154.4 million in 2025, compared to $146.9 million in 2024, data by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) showed.

Egypt’s unemployment rate hit 6% in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026, down by 0.2 percentage points from the previous quarter, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics' (CAPMAS) data showed.