Egypt ranks 87th in 2022 Sustainable Development Report

Egypt ranks 87th in 2022 Sustainable Development Report

Egypt ranked seventh out of 20 Arab countries, fourth out of 47 African countries, seventh in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and 87th globally in the 2022 Sustainable Development Report (SDR2022).

Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said also indicated that Egypt ranked 30th out of 163 countries in the global outreach impact index within the report.

“Egypt outperformed in education, research, development, health, well-being, and demographic indicators to the performance of countries in the Middle East and North Africa and lower-middle-income countries,” she added

This came during a review by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development of Egypt’s position in the report, 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 UN and under the supervision of Professor Jeffrey Sachs — an expert on sustainable development.

On the progress of Egypt’s performance in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Index, El-Said indicated that Egypt obtained a score of 68.7 in 2022, thus it was able to maintain its performance in the index, although the regional average decreased from 67.1 in 2021 to 66.7 in 2022.

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