World Bank Income Classification:Low Income
The World Bank classifies economies for analytical purposes into four income groups: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high income. For this purpose it uses gross national income (GNI) per capita data in U.S. dollars, converted from local currency using the World Bank Atlas method, which is applied to smooth exchange rate fluctuations.
Least Developed Country:Yes
Since 1971, the United Nations has recognized LDCs as a category of States that are deemed highly disadvantaged in their development process, for structural, historical and also geographical reasons. Three criteria are used: per capita income, human assets, and economic vulnerability.
Gender Inequality Index:0.575
GII is a composite metric of gender inequality using three dimensions: reproductive health, empowerment and the labour market. A low GII value indicates low inequality between women and men, and vice-versa.
Gender Development Index:0.723
GDI measures gender inequalities in achievement in three basic dimensions of human development: health, education, and command over economic resources.
Population:209,497,025
Source of population data: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2022). World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision
Male:19,976,265 (9.5%)
Female:189,520,760 (90.5%)
More women own, launch and/or better manage micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in different sectors
The focus is on supporting clusters of women entrepreneurs and on supporting women’s engagement in high-growth economic sectors of the Egyptian economy through a variety of interventions, including affirmative procurement and supply chain policies and actions, capacity development of women entrepreneurs, provision of tools of production, tailored financial and business development services in addition to global market linkages. This output will be implemented in partnership with the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA), National Council for Women, Central Bank of Egypt, business accelerators and incubators and private sector companies.
More women own, launch and/or better manage micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in different sectors
Complementary indicators are identified as those in the results framework that are not repeated verbatim in the results framework of another United Nations entity, but are related or provide different but complementary lenses or insights into the same issue, high-level result and/or area of complementary work, such as a Sustainable Development Goal target.
Complementary
The technical knowledge, skills and abilities of women entrepreneurs to access financial (inter alia credit, savings, mobile payments, insurance) and non-financial services, including technology, and to invest in economically viable projects is strengthened.
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
Rural women are socially and economically empowered through their ownership and participation in local Savings Groups (SGs), collectively accessing financial services and digital inclusion, and women led clusters/enterprises are better integrated into existing value chains and markets which ensure their enhanced competitiveness as economic providers in their families and communities.
In addition to results reported by UN Women field offices (shown here), results achieved in countries and territories through the United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UNTF) are included in a non-duplicative manner in the global reporting on this indicator (see the Our Global Results page).
More women own, launch and/or better manage micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in different sectors
UN Women facilitated the access of women entrepreneurs in different sectors to different types of financial and non-financial services including entrepreneurship trainings, mentoring, networking opportunities, hackathons, business plan competitions, and incubation programs with different ecosystem players such as Flat6Labs, Vodafone, Nahdet el Mahrousa, AUC Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. In addition, a training program (Heya Raeda) for women entrepreneurs affiliated with the Egyptian government has been digitized and uploaded on a national platform to avail quality entrepreneurship trainings to all Egyptian women.Disclaimer and notes
References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).