What is political centralization index in Egypt?

Political centralization index in Egypt was 0.538 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.

What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Egypt?

The highest recorded value was 0.877 in 1825.

What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Egypt?

The lowest recorded value was 0.34 in 1882.

How does Egypt rank for political centralization index?

Egypt ranks 68th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is political centralization index rising or falling in Egypt?

Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Egypt data come from?

The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political centralization index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Political centralization index in Egypt

Name: Political centralization index in Egypt
Creator: Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Egypt: Political centralization index was 0.538 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.538

Change on year

up 14.5%

World rank

68th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.877

in 1825

All-time low

0.34

in 1882

Years of data

233

1789–2025

Political centralization index in Egypt, 1789–2025

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for political centralization index in Egypt is 0.538, measured in 2025.

That represents a change of up 14.5% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political centralization index in Egypt peaked at 0.877 in 1825 and was at its lowest, 0.34, in 1882.

Egypt ranks 68th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 233 years of available data.

Political centralization index in Egypt, year by year

Annual values for Political centralization index in Egypt, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.624	—
1790	0.624	+0.0%
1791	0.624	+0.0%
1792	0.624	+0.0%
1793	0.624	+0.0%
1794	0.624	+0.0%
1795	0.624	+0.0%
1796	0.624	+0.0%
1797	0.624	+0.0%
1798	0.825	+32.2%
1799	0.825	+0.0%
1800	0.825	+0.0%
1801	0.825	+0.0%
1802	0.825	+0.0%
1803	0.825	+0.0%
1804	0.825	+0.0%
1805	0.825	+0.0%
1806	0.825	+0.0%
1807	0.825	+0.0%
1808	0.825	+0.0%
1809	0.825	+0.0%
1810	0.825	+0.0%
1811	0.825	+0.0%
1812	0.825	+0.0%
1813	0.825	+0.0%
1814	0.825	+0.0%
1815	0.825	+0.0%
1816	0.825	+0.0%
1817	0.825	+0.0%
1818	0.825	+0.0%
1819	0.825	+0.0%
1820	0.825	+0.0%
1821	0.825	+0.0%
1822	0.825	+0.0%
1823	0.825	+0.0%
1824	0.825	+0.0%
1825	0.877	+6.3%
1826	0.877	+0.0%
1827	0.877	+0.0%
1828	0.877	+0.0%
1829	0.877	+0.0%
1830	0.877	+0.0%
1831	0.877	+0.0%
1832	0.877	+0.0%
1833	0.877	+0.0%
1834	0.877	+0.0%
1835	0.877	+0.0%
1836	0.877	+0.0%
1837	0.827	-5.7%
1838	0.827	+0.0%
1839	0.827	+0.0%
1840	0.827	+0.0%
1841	0.827	+0.0%
1842	0.827	+0.0%
1843	0.827	+0.0%
1844	0.827	+0.0%
1845	0.827	+0.0%
1846	0.827	+0.0%
1847	0.827	+0.0%
1848	0.827	+0.0%
1849	0.713	-13.8%
1850	0.713	+0.0%
1851	0.713	+0.0%
1852	0.713	+0.0%
1853	0.713	+0.0%
1854	0.713	+0.0%
1855	0.713	+0.0%
1856	0.713	+0.0%
1857	0.713	+0.0%
1858	0.713	+0.0%
1859	0.713	+0.0%
1860	0.713	+0.0%
1861	0.713	+0.0%
1862	0.713	+0.0%
1863	0.713	+0.0%
1864	0.713	+0.0%
1865	0.713	+0.0%
1867	0.541	-24.1%
1868	0.541	+0.0%
1869	0.541	+0.0%
1870	0.541	+0.0%
1871	0.541	+0.0%
1872	0.541	+0.0%
1873	0.541	+0.0%
1874	0.541	+0.0%
1875	0.541	+0.0%
1876	0.541	+0.0%
1877	0.541	+0.0%
1878	0.541	+0.0%
1882	0.34	-37.2%
1883	0.34	+0.0%
1884	0.346	+1.8%
1885	0.346	+0.0%
1886	0.346	+0.0%
1887	0.346	+0.0%
1888	0.346	+0.0%
1889	0.346	+0.0%
1890	0.346	+0.0%
1891	0.346	+0.0%
1892	0.346	+0.0%
1893	0.346	+0.0%
1894	0.346	+0.0%
1895	0.346	+0.0%
1896	0.346	+0.0%
1897	0.346	+0.0%
1898	0.346	+0.0%
1899	0.346	+0.0%
1900	0.363	+4.9%
1901	0.363	+0.0%
1902	0.363	+0.0%
1903	0.363	+0.0%
1904	0.363	+0.0%
1905	0.363	+0.0%
1906	0.363	+0.0%
1907	0.363	+0.0%
1908	0.363	+0.0%
1909	0.363	+0.0%
1910	0.379	+4.4%
1911	0.374	-1.3%
1912	0.374	+0.0%
1913	0.411	+9.9%
1914	0.524	+27.5%
1915	0.524	+0.0%
1916	0.524	+0.0%
1917	0.524	+0.0%
1918	0.524	+0.0%
1919	0.524	+0.0%
1920	0.56	+6.9%
1921	0.56	+0.0%
1922	0.56	+0.0%
1923	0.507	-9.5%
1924	0.372	-26.6%
1925	0.372	+0.0%
1926	0.372	+0.0%
1927	0.372	+0.0%
1928	0.372	+0.0%
1929	0.372	+0.0%
1930	0.372	+0.0%
1931	0.372	+0.0%
1932	0.372	+0.0%
1933	0.372	+0.0%
1934	0.372	+0.0%
1935	0.372	+0.0%
1936	0.372	+0.0%
1937	0.372	+0.0%
1938	0.372	+0.0%
1939	0.372	+0.0%
1940	0.372	+0.0%
1941	0.372	+0.0%
1942	0.372	+0.0%
1943	0.372	+0.0%
1944	0.372	+0.0%
1945	0.372	+0.0%
1946	0.372	+0.0%
1947	0.372	+0.0%
1948	0.372	+0.0%
1949	0.372	+0.0%
1950	0.372	+0.0%
1951	0.378	+1.6%
1952	0.418	+10.6%
1953	0.617	+47.6%
1954	0.672	+8.9%
1955	0.672	+0.0%
1956	0.672	+0.0%
1957	0.595	-11.5%
1958	0.617	+3.7%
1959	0.611	-1.0%
1960	0.681	+11.5%
1961	0.57	-16.3%
1962	0.661	+16.0%
1963	0.661	+0.0%
1964	0.528	-20.1%
1965	0.492	-6.8%
1966	0.492	+0.0%
1967	0.501	+1.8%
1968	0.501	+0.0%
1969	0.501	+0.0%
1970	0.496	-1.0%
1971	0.435	-12.3%
1972	0.435	+0.0%
1973	0.435	+0.0%
1974	0.435	+0.0%
1975	0.435	+0.0%
1976	0.435	+0.0%
1977	0.435	+0.0%
1978	0.435	+0.0%
1979	0.435	+0.0%
1980	0.519	+19.3%
1981	0.519	+0.0%
1982	0.386	-25.6%
1983	0.386	+0.0%
1984	0.386	+0.0%
1985	0.393	+1.8%
1986	0.393	+0.0%
1987	0.393	+0.0%
1988	0.393	+0.0%
1989	0.393	+0.0%
1990	0.44	+12.0%
1991	0.44	+0.0%
1992	0.44	+0.0%
1993	0.44	+0.0%
1994	0.44	+0.0%
1995	0.44	+0.0%
1996	0.44	+0.0%
1997	0.44	+0.0%
1998	0.44	+0.0%
1999	0.44	+0.0%
2000	0.408	-7.3%
2001	0.408	+0.0%
2002	0.408	+0.0%
2003	0.408	+0.0%
2004	0.408	+0.0%
2005	0.408	+0.0%
2006	0.425	+4.2%
2007	0.425	+0.0%
2008	0.425	+0.0%
2009	0.425	+0.0%
2010	0.423	-0.5%
2011	0.403	-4.7%
2012	0.522	+29.5%
2013	0.574	+10.0%
2014	0.608	+5.9%
2015	0.551	-9.4%
2016	0.572	+3.8%
2017	0.459	-19.8%
2018	0.498	+8.5%
2019	0.469	-5.8%
2020	0.47	+0.2%
2021	0.477	+1.5%
2022	0.46	-3.6%
2023	0.46	+0.0%
2024	0.47	+2.2%
2025	0.538	+14.5%

Egypt compared with similar countries

Egypt's 0.538 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5475, 98% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Egypt's 0.538 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.597, 90% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.624	0.624	0.624	1
1790s	0.6642	0.624	0.825	10
1800s	0.825	0.825	0.825	10
1810s	0.825	0.825	0.825	10
1820s	0.851	0.825	0.877	10
1830s	0.862	0.827	0.877	10
1840s	0.8156	0.713	0.827	10
1850s	0.713	0.713	0.713	10
1860s	0.6557	0.541	0.713	9
1870s	0.541	0.541	0.541	9
1880s	0.3445	0.34	0.346	8
1890s	0.346	0.346	0.346	10
1900s	0.363	0.363	0.363	10
1910s	0.4682	0.374	0.524	10
1920s	0.4419	0.372	0.56	10
1930s	0.372	0.372	0.372	10
1940s	0.372	0.372	0.372	10
1950s	0.5624	0.372	0.672	10
1960s	0.5588	0.492	0.681	10
1970s	0.4411	0.435	0.496	10
1980s	0.4161	0.386	0.519	10
1990s	0.44	0.44	0.44	10
2000s	0.4148	0.408	0.425	10
2010s	0.5079	0.403	0.608	10
2020s	0.4792	0.46	0.538	6

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Frequently asked questions

What is political centralization index in Egypt?: Political centralization index in Egypt was 0.538 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Egypt?: The highest recorded value was 0.877 in 1825.
What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Egypt?: The lowest recorded value was 0.34 in 1882.
How does Egypt rank for political centralization index?: Egypt ranks 68th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is political centralization index rising or falling in Egypt?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Egypt data come from?: The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political centralization index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Political centralization index
Source: Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 29,802 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026