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Housing as a share of Egypt’s marriage budget

28% of total wedding costs — equivalent to roughly two years of the groom’s salary

The initial housing cost amounts to roughly two years of the groom's salary and represents 28% of the total marriage budget.

Housing share of total marriage costs

0%

of the marriage budget

Housing cost vs. salary

~2 years

of the groom's wages

Data reference year

2012

a decade before the inflation wave

This figure dates from 2012, before property prices multiplied. Today the burden is considerably heavier.

Source: Economic Research Forum — 2017 working paper based on 2012 data