Region
Index: 5.5  
Egypt
Flag of Egypt
Updated: April 28, 2010

Population:

Total Population: 78.9 million

Source: CIA World Factbook, July 2009

Economy:

Gross Domestic Product: 126.8 billion US dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross Domestic Product (PPP): 441.6 billion international dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Per Capita Income:

Gross National Income Per Capita (Atlas Method): 1,800 US dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Gross National Income Per Capita (PPP): 5,460 international dollars
Source: World Bank, 2009

Index: 9.4

Index: 9.6
IT Salaries:

Software Engineer / Web Developer: 11.1 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, February 2010

Senior Software Engineer / Web Developer: 18.9 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

IT Project Manager: 28.2 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Index: 9.8
BPO Salaries (Non-voice):

Junior BPO Resource: 10.3 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Skilled BPO Resource: 23.2 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Operations Manager: 44 percent of US
Source: Payscale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Index: 9.3
BPO Salaries (Voice):

Customer Service Representative: 19 percent of US
Source: PayScale, SourcingLine, March 2010

Index: 7.6
Taxes:

Corporate Tax Rates: 20 percent
Source: KPMG, October 2009

Indirect Tax Rates: 10 percent
Source: KPMG, October 2009

SMB Effective Tax Rate: 43 percent
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Index: 0.5  

Index: 0.3
Workforce:

Total Workforce: 25.8 million
Source: CIA World Factbook, 2009

Index: 0.1
Outsourcing Sector:

Exports of Computer & Information Services: 218.8 million US dollars
Source: IMF, 2008

Exports of Misc. Business Services: 1,788.7 million US dollars
Rank: 18 of 24
Source: IMF, 2008

Index: 3.7
Basic Education:

Adult Literacy: 66.4 percent of population
Source: UNESCO, 2009

Expenditures on Education: 4.2 percent of GDP
Source: CIA World Factbook, 2010

Index: 1.1
Technological Readiness:

Internet Access: 15.4 users per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Broadband Internet Access: 0.9 subscribers per 100 inhabitants
Rank: 20 of 26
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Index: 4.2

Index: 5.4
Economic Competitiveness & Stability:

Economic Competitiveness: 4.0 GCI score
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Macroeconomic Stability: 3.4 GCI Score
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Index: 5.0
Infrastructure:

Quality of Roads: 3.5 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Quality of Electric Supply: 5.3 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Mobile Phone Penetration: 50.6 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
Source: International Telecommunications Union, 2009

Index: 5.4
Labor Market Efficiency:

Rigidity of Employment: 27 index (0-100)
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Cost of Firing Employees: 132 weeks of salary
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Index: 2.2
Regulation:

Overall Ease of Doing Business: 106 rank (1-183)
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Complexity of Starting a Business: 7 days to register a start-up
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Complexity of Paying Taxes: 480 hours per year
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Index: 2.8
Corruption:

Corruption Perceptions: 2.8 CPI index
Source: Transparency International, 2009

Index: 5.3
Legal Protection:

Procedures to Enforce Contracts: 41 number
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Time to Enforce Contracts: 1,010 days
Source: Doing Business (World bank), 2010

Cost to Enforce Contracts: 26.2 percent of claim
Source: Doing Business (World Bank), 2010

Index: 4.5
Intellectual Property Protection:

Intellectual Property Protection: 3.7 index (1-7)
Source: The Global Competitiveness Report, 2009

Software Piracy: 59 percent
Source: BSA-IDC Global Software Piracy Study, 2009

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