Sustainable Trade Index 2025: A Governed Competitiveness Lens for Egypt

Egyptian National Competitiveness Council Analysis

Sustainable Trade Index 2025: A Governed Competitiveness Lens for Egypt

2) Executive Summary

Egypt is not included among the 30 economies covered by this official release; therefore, no official Egyptian score or rank is available. The release is useful as a governed competitiveness diagnostic, subject to a strict evidence-vintage boundary.

3) Release Snapshot

Release/update: 2025-10-14. Coverage: 30 economies. Data reference: STI 2025 official edition coverage.

4) What This Release Is

The Sustainable Trade Index assesses how well economies balance the economic, societal and environmental outcomes of international trade.

5) What It Measures and Why It Matters

It connects trade competitiveness with social inclusion and environmental resilience, helping distinguish export expansion from sustainable value creation.

6) Methodology in Brief

Method: Hinrich-IMD STI annual framework; 30 economies and economic, societal and environmental pillars; interactive country profiles on IMD. The 2020 edition covers 20 Indo-Pacific economies under the Hinrich-EIU framework. The series resumed in 2022 under the Hinrich-IMD partnership with 30 economies and revised coverage; direct rank comparisons across that break require caution.

7) Global Highlights and Key Signals

The edition covers 30 economies. Global results provide context; they do not replace Egypt evidence.

8) Regional / MENA Lens

A regional lens is relevant, but no regional league table is included before ENCC approves a peer set.

9) Egypt Lens

Official result: Egypt is not included among the 30 economies; no official score or rank is published. Evidence detail: Coverage status: NOT_INCLUDED. No proxy, regional value, carry-forward value or synthetic rank was created.

10) Track-Specific Deep Dive

The framework permits pillar and indicator diagnostics for the economies included in the edition. Every number travels with its release, reference year and evidence status.

11) Comparative Evidence

The 2020 edition covers 20 Indo-Pacific economies under the Hinrich-EIU framework. The series resumed in 2022 under the Hinrich-IMD partnership with 30 economies and revised coverage; direct rank comparisons across that break require caution. No unlabelled cross-vintage performance claim is made.

12) Policy Implications

Use pillar and indicator diagnostics to identify trade-policy trade-offs. Egypt's non-inclusion must not be interpreted as a zero score or an inferred rank.

13) ENCC Positioning

ENCC can use the framework to organize analysis of trade performance, social outcomes and environmental externalities while tracking Egypt through official component indicators that do cover it.

14) Roadmap, 6–24 months

0–6 months: validate evidence and approve peers. 6–12 months: assign owners and baselines. 12–24 months: implement, monitor and reconcile the next official vintage.

15) Risk & Mitigation

Main risks are silent vintage substitution, score-only reform and overstatement of composite evidence. Mitigate with labels, primary evidence and outcome KPIs.

16) Monitoring & KPIs

Monitor later editions for Egypt entry, changes in economy coverage and methodology, and new downloadable data; retain explicit NOT_INCLUDED status until an official Egypt observation is published.

17) Data Notes & Limitations

Original official report acquired and validated; official workbook acquired where published; Egypt absence verified across full report and workbook/economy list. Composite scores do not prove causality.