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Egypt’s pharmaceutical market size and growth

422 billion EGP at 25% annual growth, 4 billion packages per year

“The Health Minister estimates the market at around 422 billion pounds with annual growth of 25%, around four billion packages from 180 factories and 1,000 production lines.”

Market size

0

billion EGP ($8.7B)

Annual growth rate

25%

per year

Annual units sold

4bn

packages

Q1 2026 sales

0

billion EGP (+15.9%)

Factories / Production lines 180 factories / 1,000 lines

Source: Dr Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population / IQVIA data