Egypt's annual core inflation rate, which strips out volatile items such as food, accelerated to 12.7% in February 2026, the steepest since May 2025, up from January's 11.2%. Core Inflation Rate in Egypt averaged 12.07 percent from 2005 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 41.00 percent in June of 2023 and a record low of 0.70 percent in July of 2020. source: CAPMAS, Egypt

Core Inflation Rate in Egypt is expected to be 13.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Egypt Core Inflation Rate is projected to trend around 8.00 percent in 2027 and 7.00 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-02-10 01:15 PM
Core Inflation Rate YoY
Jan 11.2% 11.8% 12.0%
2026-03-10 03:05 PM
Core Inflation Rate YoY
Feb 12.7% 11.2% 11.8% 12.3%
2026-04-09 01:00 PM
Core Inflation Rate YoY
Mar 12.7% 13.0%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Consumer Price Index CPI 275.10 267.60 points Feb 2026
Core Consumer Prices 267.80 260.10 points Feb 2026
Core Inflation Rate YoY 12.70 11.20 percent Feb 2026
CPI Housing Utilities 201.90 198.10 points Feb 2026
CPI Transportation 304.20 303.70 points Feb 2026
Food Inflation 4.60 1.90 percent Feb 2026
Inflation Rate YoY 13.40 11.90 percent Feb 2026
Inflation Rate MoM 2.80 1.20 percent Feb 2026


Egypt Core Inflation Rate
In Egypt, the core inflation rate tracks changes in prices that consumers pay for a basket of goods which excludes some volatile price items.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
12.70 11.20 41.00 0.70 2005 - 2026 percent Monthly
2018/2019=100