In 2025, the Egyptian car market came back to its 2022 level
- The Egyptian automotive market continued its growth in 2025 , after experiencing a decline in registrations from 2021 to 2023. In 2025, the market reached a volume of 164,000 passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, compared to 97,000 in 2024 and 86,000 in 2023 (source: OICA). This represents a 69% increase in 2025 compared to 2024, which itself had seen a 13% increase compared to 2023. The Egyptian market has almost doubled in size in two years. This strong growth follows two years of decline, first in 2022 which totaled 175,000 registrations compared to 278,000 in 2021, representing a decrease of 37%, then in 2023 which totaled 86,000 registrations compared to 175,000 in 2022, representing a decrease of 51%.
- What proportion of this volume of registrations did imports represent?
- According to our information, imports account for approximately 70% of car registrations in Egypt, with locally assembled CKD models representing approximately 30% of registrations in 2025.
- In terms of body style, SUVs account for 54% of registrations in 2025, a figure that has been steadily increasing for over a decade, while sedans and minivans represent 46% of registrations. Regarding origin, sales of Chinese vehicles have been growing strongly for several years, representing 35% of registrations in 2025 , compared to 30% in 2024 and 25% in 2023, and could reach 40% of the Egyptian market in 2026, surpassing Japanese (20%) and Korean (15%) carmakers. Asian carmakers will therefore occupy three-quarters of the Egyptian market for the first time in 2026. Electric vehicles (BEVs) remain very marginal in the Egyptian market in 2025 (5.9% of sales).