Share of voting rights in international organizations in Egypt
Egypt: Share of voting rights in international organizations was 6.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of voting rights in international organizations in Egypt, 2000–2024
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Financing for Development Office – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 6.3% for share of voting rights in international organizations in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of voting rights in international organizations in Egypt peaked at 6.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 2020.
Egypt ranks 3rd of 82 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Share of voting rights in international organizations in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.3% | — |
| 2005 | 5.1% | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 5.0% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 5.4% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 5.5% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 5.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5.6% | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 5.7% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 3.8% | -32.0% |
| 2021 | 6.0% | +56.8% |
| 2022 | 6.0% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 6.2% | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 6.3% | +1.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 6.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6%, 10.7× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 6.3% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.4%, 4.4× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of voting rights in international organizations in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +56.8% | 3.8% | 6.0% |
| 2020 | -32.0% | 5.7% | 3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.2% | 5.1% | 5.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 5.0% | 5.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 5.7% | 3.8% | 6.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 1 Nigeria 9.3% compare
- 2 United States 6.5% compare
- 4 Japan 5.4% compare
- 5 Algeria 5.3% compare
- 6 South Africa 5.0% compare
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 share of voting rights in international organizations in Egypt?
- Share of voting rights in international organizations in Egypt was 6.3% in 2024, according to United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Financing for Development Office – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of voting rights in international organizations recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 6.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of voting rights in international organizations recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 2020.
- How does Egypt rank for share of voting rights in international organizations?
- Egypt ranks 3rd out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of voting rights in international organizations rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Financing for Development Office – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of voting rights in international organizations. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of voting rights of developing countries in international organizations, by organization (%).