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Number of illiterate individuals fell to 18.4 million in 2017: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), stated in a press statement on Saturday that the illiteracy reached 18.4 million in 2017. The illiteracy rate declined from 39.4% in 1996 to 29.7% in 2006 and then to 25.8% in 2017. This statement came on the occasion of the International Literacy Day, which is …

1.6%, decline in Egypt’s number of live births in 2017: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed on Sunday that the number of live births reachedd 2,557,440 births in 2017 compared to 2,600,173 births in 2016, a decline of 1.6%.  According to CAPMAS`s annual bulletin of births and deaths statistics in e2017, the crude birth rate reached 26.8 per thousand in 2017 compared …

560, total number of delegates abroad on scientific missions in 2017: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced Tuesday in its annual bulletin of delegates travelling abroad on scientific missions in 2017 that the total number of delegates reached 560. The CAPMAS stated that 435 delegates out of the 560 travelled on scholarships in 2017, compared to 328 delegates in 2016—an increase of …

19.2% increase in rate of investment capital in private sector companies in 2016
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPAMS) on Tuesday announced the annual bulletin for financial statistics and indicators of investment in private sector companies in 2016. The CAPMAS said that the value of fixed assets reached EGP 434.2bn in 2016, compared to EGP 376.6bn in 2015, an increase of 15.2%. “This was mainly …

EGP 482 per month becomes new poverty line
The percentage of the population under the poverty line jumped from 26.3% in 2012/2013 to 27.8% in 2014/2015, according to CAPMAS