Getting credit, legal rights index in Egypt
Egypt: Getting credit, legal rights index was 3 in 2012. ▬ Flat
Getting credit, legal rights index in Egypt, 2004–2012
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Analysis
Egypt recorded 3 for getting credit, legal rights index in 2012. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting credit, legal rights index in Egypt peaked at 3 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 3, in 2004.
Egypt ranks 38th of 51 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting credit, legal rights index in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | — |
| 2005 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 35 Ethiopia 4 compare
- 35 Seychelles 4 compare
- 35 Sudan 4 compare
- 38 Algeria 3 compare
- 38 Angola 3 compare
- 38 Burundi 3 compare
- 38 Cape Verde 3 compare
- 38 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 3 compare
- 38 Mauritania 3 compare
- 38 Morocco 3 compare
- 38 Mozambique 3 compare
- 38 Tunisia 3 compare
More private sector data for Egypt
- Merchandise trade 40.8% (2025)
- Food imports 20.4% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 52.2% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 97.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 21.9% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 51.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 51.40 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 434.27 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1407 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 21.67 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting credit, legal rights index in Egypt?
- Getting credit, legal rights index in Egypt was 3 in 2012, according to World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
- What is the highest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 3 in 2004.
- What is the lowest getting credit, legal rights index recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 in 2004.
- How does Egypt rank for getting credit, legal rights index?
- Egypt ranks 38th out of 51 countries with data for 2012.
- Is getting credit, legal rights index rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/), published as part of Getting credit, legal rights index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The strength of legal rights index measures the degree to which collateral and bankruptcy laws protect the rights of borrowers and lenders and thus facilitate lending. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/.