Egypt 7th in Arab world, 87th globally in Sustainable Development Report 2022 – Egypt Today

Egypt 7th in Arab world, 87th globally in Sustainable Development Report 2022 – Egypt Today

CAIRO - 24 July 2022: Egypt ranked 7th out of 20 Arab countries, 4th out of 47 African countries, and 7th in the Middle East and North Africa region in the Sustainable Development Report 2022, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Hala El-Said announced Sunday. This came during a review by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development of Egypt’s position in the Sustainable Development Report 2022, which is published annually by the University of Cambridge in cooperation with the German (Bertelsmann Stiftung) Foundation, and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), which operates under the auspices of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and under the supervision of Professor Jeffrey Sachs, an expert on sustainable development. The Minister of Planning indicated that Egypt ranked 30th out of 163 countries in the global outreach impact index, and that it outperformed in education, research and development indicators, health, well-being and demography compared to the performance of countries in the Middle East and North Africa and lower middle income countries. On the evolution of Egypt’s performance in the Sustainable Development Goals Index, El-Said indicated that Egypt obtained a score of 68.7 in 2022, thus it was able to maintain its performance in the