Egypt Inflation Rate

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

16.8

Units In

13.9

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 10, 2025

Time to Release

1 Months 2 Days 17 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
38 Sep 2023	-4.2 Aug 1962	10.07 %	1958-2025	Central Bank of Egypt

In Egypt, the headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in the cost of a fixed basket of goods and services that are purchased by a representative sample of households from urban areas, which include Cairo, Alexandria, urban Lower Egypt, urban Upper Egypt, Canal cities and Frontier governorates. The most important categories in the headline CPI are Food and Beverages (40 percent of total weight); Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and other Fuels (18.4 percent); Medical Care (6.3 percent) and Transportation (5.7 percent). Clothing and Footwear account for 5.4 percent of total index and Education for 4.6 percent. Hotels, Cafes and Restaurants represent 4.4 percent of total weight and Furnishings, Household Equipment and Routine Maintenance of the Dwelling for 3.8 percent. Miscellaneous Goods and Services account for 3.7 percent, Communications 3.1 percent, Recreation and Culture 2.4 percent and Tobacco and Related Products 2.2 percent.

Latest Updates

The annual urban inflation rate in Egypt accelerated to 16.8% in May 2025, up from 13.9% in April and above market forecasts of 14.9%, following a nearly 15% increase in fuel prices announced by the government in April. This marked the third consecutive month of rising inflation and the fastest pace since January, driven largely by a sharp increase in food prices, which rose 11.0%, the most in four months, compared to 6.0% in April. Prices also rose at a faster pace for housing and utilities (14.4% vs 13.9%), transport (42.1% vs 37.4%), restaurants and hotels (17.9% vs 16.9%), clothing (18.0% vs 17.4%), and alcoholic beverages and tobacco (16.0% vs 15.9%). Prices moderated for recreation and culture (17.1% vs 20.8%), furnishings (13.8% vs 15.2%), communications (12.2% vs 12.3%), and miscellaneous goods and services (14.4% vs 14.5%). Monthly, the CPI rose by 1.9% in May, the largest increase in eight months, following a 1.3% gain in April, which was the lowest in four months.