Talk:Economy of Egypt

GDP is not increased by 4.27% in 2025

There is no way Egypt GDP is increasing by 4.27% this year or any other. There is not reliable data for that increase, and it should be removed. Gaskew7 (talk) 13:42, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Very senseless and incoherent criticism. This is what the IMF figures say, do you by any chance have a source that states otherwise or should we just take your word for it? Turnopoems 𓋹 ✎ 10:12, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

This is way beyond "accepting someone's word". All of this information is easily verifiable from multiple sources. Russia permanently forfeited 95% of their €120 BILLION European market. That was essentially gifted to Russia in 1990 by the west. Refineries and oil depots in western Russia and the Black Sea are bombed daily, Russia is powerless to stop their total shutdown. Russia has only one thing left to sell, gold. That may require a few months. Russia also only has two petro customers, India and China. It's over, what they are doing now is delaying and moving money into various retirement accounts. Gaskew7 (talk) 10:28, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

What does Russia have to do with anything? Do you have a source contradicting Egypt's 4.27% GDP growth? If not, there is no impetus to change what hasn't been challenged with anything resembling evidence. Turnopoems 𓋹 ✎ 09:47, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Units of measurement

In some parts egyptian untis of measurement are used like Feddan, which non egytian readers couldnt understand. I would propose that the units be converted to metric units. Catlover77777 (talk) 19:28, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Feddan is standard for all Egyptian articles on Wikipedia. Turnopoems 𓋹 ✎ 10:04, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Oh okay, I was wondering why there are metric units next to imperial ones in the USA wiki article, but not here. What was the reason for requiring only local units, for readability? Catlover77777 (talk) 13:47, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

To clarify my earlier point, it is an informal but widely observed understanding among WikiProject Egypt contributors to favour feddan as the culturally appropriate unit in Egyptian articles instead of acre specifically. Metric units are official in Egypt, and using them is perfectly fine of course. Turnopoems 𓋹 ✎ 10:06, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Okay thanks, good to know Catlover77777 (talk) 15:04, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

"Economic Planning"?

Outside of the source used in the first sentence, is there any RS out there that describes Egypt's economy as centrally planned? Genabab (talk) 11:30, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

I would support removing that from the lead. Egypt has certainly had central planning in the past but has for a long time moved to a more mixed economy centered on around market-oriented activity. Peripteros (talk) 05:43, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Egypt is not a centrally planned economy in the classical sense and hasn't been for decades, but economic policy is highly top-down and state-directed, which is probably what the source is getting at. Turnopoems 𓋹 ✎ 10:14, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

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This is a procedural talk page section to prevent drive-by untagging and to discuss the tag. ‑‑gurkubondinn 01:07, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

@Gurkubondinn: If you have the time please see if the latest edit has addressed some of the more major concerns, especially with promotional language. Turnopoems 𓋹 ✎ 13:22, 4 August 2026 (UTC)