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Egypt government reference data

12 series, each cited to the official source it was verified against. Currency EGP.

SeriesCurrentIn force fromOfficial sourceLast verified
Central Bank of Egypt overnight deposit rate 19 percent (overnight deposit rate) 2026-02-12 Central Bank of Egypt — MPC press release, 12 February 2026 2026-08-24
Statutory default interest (فوائد التأخير) secondary 5 percent 1949-10-15 القانون المدني المصري الصادر بالقانون رقم 131 لسنة 1948، المادة 226 —… 2026-08-11
VAT standard rate 14 percent 2017-07-01 VAT Law No. 67 of 2016, Article 3 (Egyptian Tax Authority official… 2026-07-15
VAT registration threshold 500000 EGP 2016-09-08 Egyptian Tax Authority official guideline PDF (eta.gov.eg)… 2026-08-08
Private-sector minimum wage 7000 EGP/month 2025-03-01 National Wages Council decision of 9 Feb 2025 (Ministry of Planning… 2026-08-10
Public holidays (free) 21 days held 2026-01-01 Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt — National Holidays 2026 2026-07-15
CPI inflation (year-on-year) 14.5 percent (YoY) 2026-08-01 Official CBE CPI Press Release August 2026, dated 10 September 2026…… 2026-09-15
Corporate income tax rate 22.5 percent 2015-01-01 Egyptian Tax Authority — Income Tax Law No. 91 of 2005 (standard CIT… 2026-07-17
Withholding tax rates secondary 5–20% across 5 withholding taxes — no single rate Income Tax Law promulgated by Law No. 91 of 2005 (Ministry of Finance… 2026-08-12
Personal income tax brackets 0–27.5% across 7 bands 2024-02-21 Egyptian Tax Authority — Income Tax Law No. 91 of 2005 as amended… 2026-07-17
Statutory social-insurance contributions 0–21% across 9 contribution branches 2026-01-01 Social Insurance and Pensions Law No. 148 of 2019, Arts. 1… 2026-08-08
CBE official exchange rates (buy/sell) 7 reference rates held 2026-08-25 Central Bank of Egypt — official exchange rates for 2026-08-25 2026-08-25

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What makes this different

Every value above names the official instrument it came from and the date it takes effect, and we record when we last checked it. Where a value could not be verified against its own statute we do not publish an estimate — the series is simply absent. Where a question falls outside what we hold, the API refuses and explains, free of charge, rather than returning a number that looks right.