Tax burden sub-score of Egypt on the Economic Freedom Index 2000-2020
As of 2020, the tax burden sub-score on the Economic Freedom Index for Egypt was 86.1. This was an increase of 0.9 points from the preceding year. Between 2000 and 2020, the tax burden value ranged between 64.7 points in 2006 and 90.8 points in 2008. For the period under review, the Egyptian tax burden score was below the world average from 2000 to 2006, and the African average from 2001 to 2006. In 2007, the sub-score improved significantly by 25.7 points from 2006, and remained higher than both averages until 2020. This occurred due to a new income tax in June 2005, as well as a unified corporate law. According to the index, the score for tax burden in Egypt was considered "free" from 2007 to 2020.