Egypt The Arab Republic of Egypt is a republic governed by an elected president and bicameral legislature, according to its constitution. The upper house reconstituted in 2020 as the Senate after a six-year absence. Presidential elections were held in 2018 challengers to incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi withdrew ahead of the election, citing personal decisions, political pressure, legal troubles, and unfair competition; in some cases they were arrested. Domestic and international organizations expressed concern that government limitations on association, assembly, and expression severely constrained broad participation in the political process. Domestic and international observers said government authorities professionally administered parliamentary elections in accordance with the country's laws and that the results were credible. Observers noted restrictions on freedom of peaceful assembly, political association, and expression significantly inhibited the political climate surrounding the elections. Government failed to consistently punish or prosecute officials who committed abuses, in the security services or elsewhere in the government, including corruptions. In most cases, the government did not comprehensively investigate allegations of human rights abuses, including most incidents of violence by security forces, contributing to an environment of impunity.The overall score indicates that there are severe risks of potential human rights violations in this country. This may also include the tourism sector. Relevant risks for the tourism sector are, e.g.: Threats of violence against LGBTQI+ persons or use of the law to arrest and prosecute arbitrarily such personsSerious restrictions on free expression, media and internetSubstantial interference with the freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association, including overly restrictive laws on the organization, funding, or operation of NGOs and civil society organizations Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB Overall Score 34/100 Global Rights Index 10,0/100 (5) Human Development Index 73,1/100 (0,731) Kids Rights Index 81,7/100 (0,817) Children's Rights in the Workplace Index 55,0/100 (4,5) Global Slavery Index 39,6/100 (60,45) Trafficking in persons report 62,5/100 (T2) Global Gender Gap Index 63,5/100 (0,635) Rule of Law Index 35,0/100 (0,35) Fragile States Index 30,3/100 (83,6) Freedom in the World Index 18,0/100 (18) Environmental Performance Index 35,5/100 (35,5) Corruption Perceptions Index 33,0/100 (33) Equality Index 11,0/100 (11)
Explanation of the score data structure For better comparability, we have converted the original scores of the indices to a uniform scale of 1-100 (1 most negative, 100 most positive). In the following table you find these recalculated values and the original score in brackets behind them. For information and a link to the original index click on "?" in the table. The Overall Score is the geometric mean of all converted values for each country. It is subcategorized in five risk categories with colour gradations that can be seen in the map. You can find more details on the methodology here. Downloads Methodology overall score 232.26 KB