Egypt vs Indonesia
Egypt vs Indonesia: GDP growth
GDP growth: 2.4% a year in Egypt in 2024 and 5.1% a year in Indonesia in 2025, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Indonesia, by 2.6 percentage points, or 2.1 times that in Egypt.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Indonesia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Egypt.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Egypt at 4.8% a year and Indonesia at 5.2% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Egypt | Indonesia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 2.4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6.7 | 5.3 |
| 2021 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | 3.6 | -2.1 |
| 2019 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 2017 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| 2016 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
| 2014 | 2.9 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
| 2012 | 2.2 | 6 |
| 2011 | 1.8 | 6.2 |
| 2010 | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| 2009 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 2008 | 7.2 | 7.4 |
| 2007 | 7.1 | 6.3 |
| 2006 | 6.8 | 5.5 |
| 2005 | 4.5 | 5.7 |
| 2004 | 4.1 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3.2 | 4.8 |
| 2002 | 3.2 | 4.5 |
| 2001 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2000 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 1999 | 6.1 | 0.8 |
| 1998 | 7.5 | -13.1 |
| 1997 | 5.9 | 4.7 |
| 1996 | 4.9 | 7.8 |
| 1995 | 4.5 | 8.2 |
| 1994 | 4.2 | 7.5 |
| 1993 | 2.9 | 8 |
| 1992 | 0.3 | 6.5 |
| 1991 | 2.1 | 8.9 |
| 1990 | 2.4 | 9 |
| 1989 | 3 | 9.1 |
| 1988 | 4 | 7 |
| 1987 | 4.3 | 6.6 |
| 1986 | 4.8 | 7.2 |
| 1985 | 7.4 | 3.9 |
| 1984 | 8 | 7.6 |
| 1983 | 8.9 | 4.2 |
| 1982 | 7.3 | 2.2 |
| 1981 | 2.2 | 7.6 |
| 1980 | 3.4 | 9.9 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Egypt | Indonesia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 2027 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 2028 | 5 | 5.2 |
| 2029 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
| 2030 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| 2031 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Egypt vs Indonesia
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Indonesia: 71.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Indonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Indonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Indonesia: 2.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Indonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Indonesia: 281 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Indonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Indonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Indonesia: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Indonesia: 29.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Indonesia: 7% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Indonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Indonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Indonesia: $15.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Indonesia: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Indonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Indonesia: 676,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Indonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Indonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Indonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Indonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021