Table 7
Egypt's Consumer Price Indices
(1966/67 = 100)
Year | Urban
| Rural |
1976 | 164.2
| 187.8 |
1977 | 185.1
| 206.7 |
1978 | 205.6
| 234.2 |
1979 | 226.0
| 248.7 |
1980 | 272.7
| 311.0 |
1981 | 301.2
| 353.4 |
1982 | 345.8
| 402.8 |
1983 | 401.4
| 523.6 |
1984 | 469.9
| 565.5 |
1985 | 554.3
| 646.4 |
1986 | 708.8
| 795.8 |
1987 | 829.7 (June)
| 843.7 (May) |
Source: National Bank of Egypt, Economic Bulletin, Vol.
XXXX, No. 3 (Cairo, 1987), pp. 204-205.