Starting a business: Minimum capital in Egypt
Egypt: Starting a business: Minimum capital was 0.0% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Egypt, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of income per capita.
Analysis
In 2019, starting a business: minimum capital in Egypt stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Over the whole period, starting a business: minimum capital in Egypt peaked at 855.4% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2009.
Egypt ranks 57th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Starting a business: Minimum capital in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of income per capita | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 855.4% | — |
| 2004 | 815.6% | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 739.8% | -9.3% |
| 2006 | 694.7% | -6.1% |
| 2007 | 12.9% | -98.1% |
| 2008 | 2.0% | -84.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | — |
| 2011 | 0.0% | — |
| 2012 | 0.0% | — |
| 2013 | 0.0% | — |
| 2014 | 0.0% | — |
| 2015 | 0.0% | — |
| 2016 | 0.0% | — |
| 2017 | 0.0% | — |
| 2018 | 0.0% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 445.8% | 0.0% | 855.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
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- 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 starting a business: minimum capital in Egypt?
- Starting a business: minimum capital in Egypt was 0.0% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 855.4% in 2003.
- What is the lowest starting a business: minimum capital recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2009.
- How does Egypt rank for starting a business: minimum capital?
- Egypt ranks 57th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Minimum capital (% of income per capita). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The paid-in minimum capital requirement re?ects the amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a third-party before registration or up to three months after incorporation. It is calculated as percentage of income per capita. Any legal limitation of the company’s operations or decisions related to the payment of the minimum capital requirement is recorded. In case the legal minimum capital is provided per share, it is assumed 5 shareholders own the company and the legal minimum capital is multiplied by 5 shares. If an economy requires a minimum capital but allows businesses to pay only a part of it before registration, only this part is recorded.