2024

global knowledge index

KEY INDICATORS

  • GDP (US$ billions):1,911.737
  • Population:114,535,772
  • HDI:0.728

Gki Rank

90/141
Gki Score
44
World Average
47.8

Country Performance Summary

Egypt is a modest performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 90th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 28th out of the 35 countries with high human development.

Areas of Strength

  • Market concentration
  • Citations per document
  • State of cluster development
  • Firms with products and services new to the market (%)
  • Printing and publishing output (% manufactured output)

Areas of Improvement

  • Firms that spend on R&D (%)
  • Firms producing new products and services (%)
  • Female-to-male labour force participation
  • Firms offering formal training (%)
  • ICT PCT patent applications (per 100 billion GDP)

SECTORAL INDICES

Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
81
63.41
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
43
56.25
Higher
Education
107
37.02
Research, Development
and Innovation
77
28.52
Information and
Communications Technology
89
42.32
Economy
88
47.7
Enabling
Environment
121
41.19
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GKI Pillars

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