Freedom of Association Score in Egypt
Egypt: Freedom of Association Score was 2 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Freedom of Association Score in Egypt, 2005–2025
Source: Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 2 for freedom of association score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freedom of association score in Egypt peaked at 6 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2, in 2023.
That places Egypt 97th out of 128 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Freedom of Association Score in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | +25.0% |
| 2009 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4 | -20.0% |
| 2013 | 6 | +50.0% |
| 2015 | 3 | -50.0% |
| 2017 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2 | -33.3% |
| 2025 | 2 | +0.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 2 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 4, 50% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 2 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 2, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.67 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 2010s | 3.8 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.33 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
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More social development data for Egypt
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 220,033 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 23,763 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 23,763 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0019 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freedom of association score in Egypt?
- Freedom of association score in Egypt was 2 in 2025, according to Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest freedom of association score recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 6 in 2013.
- What is the lowest freedom of association score recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2023.
- How does Egypt rank for freedom of association score?
- Egypt ranks 97th out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is freedom of association score rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Bertelsmann Transformation Index (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Indicates the extent to which residents and civic groups are free from government interference to associate and assemble.