Economic regions of Egypt

Presidential Decree 495/1977 divided Egypt into eight (later seven after Matrouh was merged into Alexandria) economic regions for economic and physical planning purposes, that do not have any new administrative representation in the local government hierarchy.

Instead, each region is composed of a number of contiguous governorates, with one declared as capital of the region (that governorate's capital city).

Art. 2 established a Higher Committee for Regional Planning in each region, headed by the governor of that region's capital, and comprising the governors, heads of the Local Executive Councils, and the head of the national-level General Organization for Physical Planning as secretary general.

Art. 3 set out a Planning Administration for each region that is affiliated to the Ministry of (Economic) Planning. In 2008 this was changed to a Regional Center for Urban Planning and Development affiliated to the GOPP. However, it was believed that planning based on these units was unrealistic thus decentralization efforts were put in place.

Economic region Area (km2) Population (2015) GDP (billion EGP) GDP (billion US$)
Greater Cairo 17,342 21,969,529 2,986.037 190.211
Alexandria 224,076 11,064,294 970.284 61.807
Suez Canal 90,020 9,555,718 902.566 57.493
Delta 12,357 19,145,755 886.439 56.467
South Upper Egypt 216,212 10,573,686 386.923 24.647
North Upper Egypt 47,970 11,183,684 351.674 22.402
Central Upper Egypt 402,431 4,470,631 143.106 9.116
Egypt 1,010,408 94,798.827 6,627.028 422.142
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