Some Facts

1. MDGs
Millennium Development Goals
Some Facts from Egypt

2. Overview
Egypt has witnessed favorable progress in achieving many
MDGs, improving its developmental prospects significantly in
the past two decades.
Of the 16 targets, three have already been achieved five years
before the deadline, including halving income poverty between
1990 and 2015, reducing the under-5 five mortality rate, and
halving the proportion of people without sustainable access to
Safe drinking water and basic sanitation.

3. GDP Growth Rate

4. Improved Sanitation Facilities

5. Mortality Rate

6. Improved Water Source

7. Education and Unemploymeny
Egypt has successfully achieved universal primary
education (MDG 2), as the net enrollment ratio
increased from 86% in 1990 to 96% in 2009.
Yet one country assessment highlights major
Challenges that are yet to be effectively
addressed, including high population growth,
gender inequality, and youth Unemployment.

8. Unemployment with Secondary Education

9. School Enrolment, secondary (male, female and
total)

10. Population Growth
Unemployment, youth (male, female and total)

11. 2011 Revolution
These challenges have persisted following The January
2011 revolution, and the unstable political and economic
environment has in fact exacerbated key development
constraints Egypt is off track in achieving full and
productive employment and decent work for all,
including women and young people (Goal 1 Target 2).
It also struggles to achieve universal access to treatment
for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it (Goal 6 Target 10), as
well as steps to contain the rowing hepatitis epidemic.

12. Unemployment (with primary, secondary
and tertiary education)

13. Children living with HIV

14. Post 2015
New indicators are currently being deliberated for
the post 2015 development agenda to better
incorporate these concerns, yet an effective
mechanism must be realized for national
governments to avoid previous mistakes in
implementation.