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.