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Egypt

Egypt’s sample includes Islamic and conventional banking activity within a large, centrally supervised banking system.

Islamic services are provided by dedicated institutions and Islamic operations within the national supervisory framework.

Islamic banking assets15.29B2024
Manufacturing value added16.95 % of GDP2024
Median largest disclosed shareholding41.5 % of disclosed equity2024 · median across 7 qualifying banks
How Islamic finance is organised

Islamic services are provided by dedicated institutions and Islamic operations within the national supervisory framework.

Why this case matters

Egypt brings a large population and production base into the comparison, testing whether institutional form travels with a distinct allocation pattern.

Central tension

Islamic financial presence sits beside strong macroeconomic, public-debt and currency constraints.

What cannot be inferred

The project does not publish a verified national legal-category label or infer a countrywide legal tradition from a regression code.

Descriptive comparison

Manufacturing value added

Latest available year: 2024.

8.8811.8114.7417.6620.5920002006201320192025YearManufacturing value added (% of GDP)
Egypt
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Egypt Manufacturing value added trajectory in original units. Values for Year and Manufacturing value added (% of GDP) by series.
SeriesYearManufacturing value added (% of GDP)Source note
Egypt · 20012,0019.84Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20022,00218.83Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20032,00316.83Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20042,00419.28Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20052,00517.37Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20062,00617.09Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20072,00716.85Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20082,00817.03Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20092,00917.28Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20102,01017.42Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20112,01117.73Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20122,01217.29Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20132,01317.99Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20142,01418.62Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20152,01517.59Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20162,01619.27Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20172,01719.44Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20182,01817.78Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20192,01917.09Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20202,02016.37Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20212,02117.16Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20222,02217.47Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20232,02316.52Authorised country-level annual series
Egypt · 20242,02416.95Authorised country-level annual series

What this visual showsA verified country trajectory in the measure’s stated unit.

What it does not establishA causal effect of Islamic finance on the observed outcome.

Descriptive comparison

Financing directed towards FIRE-related activities

Country-year medians by bank type. Each point reports its covered-bank count.

FIRE ordinarily refers to finance, insurance and real estate. Here the measure is broader: it captures bank financing reported for financial institutions, insurance, real estate and consumer-durable activities. It is used as a proxy for firm-level financialisation. The measure does not imply that every underlying financing claim is speculative, harmful or unproductive. It is a sectoral-allocation proxy and a level measure that is sensitive to bank size.

23.0724.3425.6126.8828.1519992005201120172023YearLogged FIRE-related financing volume (natural log) (natural-log units)
ConventionalIslamic
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Egypt descriptive medians by bank type, 2000 to 2022 where observations are available. Values for Year and Logged FIRE-related financing volume (natural log) (natural-log units) by series.
SeriesYearLogged FIRE-related financing volume (natural log) (natural-log units)Source note
Conventional · 20002,00025.013 covered banks
Conventional · 20012,00124.792 covered banks
Conventional · 20022,00224.43 covered banks
Conventional · 20032,00324.253 covered banks
Conventional · 20042,00425.144 covered banks
Islamic · 20042,00427.651 covered bank
Conventional · 20052,00525.187 covered banks
Islamic · 20052,00523.672 covered banks
Conventional · 20062,00626.158 covered banks
Islamic · 20062,00623.492 covered banks
Conventional · 20072,00726.768 covered banks
Islamic · 20072,00725.133 covered banks
Conventional · 20082,00826.110 covered banks
Islamic · 20082,00825.513 covered banks
Conventional · 20092,00925.7811 covered banks
Islamic · 20092,00926.663 covered banks
Conventional · 20102,01026.9811 covered banks
Islamic · 20102,01026.63 covered banks
Conventional · 20112,01126.8413 covered banks
Islamic · 20112,01126.753 covered banks
Conventional · 20122,01226.9613 covered banks
Islamic · 20122,01226.633 covered banks
Conventional · 20132,01326.9416 covered banks
Islamic · 20132,01326.43 covered banks
Conventional · 20142,01427.0716 covered banks
Islamic · 20142,01426.423 covered banks
Conventional · 20152,01526.8816 covered banks
Islamic · 20152,01526.313 covered banks
Conventional · 20162,01626.916 covered banks
Islamic · 20162,01625.873 covered banks
Conventional · 20172,01727.2716 covered banks
Islamic · 20172,01726.373 covered banks
Conventional · 20182,01827.3716 covered banks
Islamic · 20182,01826.433 covered banks
Conventional · 20192,01927.316 covered banks
Islamic · 20192,01925.453 covered banks
Conventional · 20202,02027.316 covered banks
Islamic · 20202,02025.663 covered banks
Conventional · 20212,02127.3512 covered banks
Islamic · 20212,02125.793 covered banks
Conventional · 20222,02227.4313 covered banks
Islamic · 20222,02225.893 covered banks

What this visual showsDescriptive median logged volumes among covered banks.

What it does not establishA bank-size-adjusted or causal difference between bank types.

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