Africa · Northern Africa

Egypt

High confidence

Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 1 Jan 2022

Fresh · 9d ago

Egypt does not publish a consolidated annual figure. WPB estimate based on combined Ministry of Interior and National Security Agency facilities.

Compare Egypt World Prison Brief page

Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

Prison population

120,000

Year: 2022

Rate per 100,000

113

Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

207.3%

Severely overcrowded

Pre-trial / remand

33.3%

Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

3.7%

Foreign nationals

Conditions risk — across 41 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average

41 unknown

How Egypt compares

vs Africa (6) & global averages

Rate per 100,000this: 113 · region: 207 · global: 214

Occupancy ratethis: 207% · region: 151% · global: 125%

Pre-trial sharethis: 33% · region: 35% · global: 32%

The vertical ticks mark the global (grey) and regional (amber) means. Bars are clipped at the high end for readability.

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year

2001: 56,587+101.5% over 18y2019: 114,000

What we know — and don't

Transparency about the boundaries of this data. Click sources where linked.

What we don't know

True figure is widely believed substantially higher when administrative detention is included.

Prisons in Egypt

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41 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

15 May Central Prison

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Abou Zabal Prison

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Al-Hadra Prison

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Al-Mustaqbal Prison

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Al-Qantara East General Prison

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Badr Prison

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Borg el-Arab Prison

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Buqbuq concentration camp

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Correction and Rehabilitation Center in 15th of May City

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Correction and rehabilitation center in the tenth of Ramadan

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El-Marg General Prison

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Helwan Prison

Egypt · Helwan

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Highly Guarded Prison of Gamassa

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Kriegsgefangenenlager Fanara

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New Akhmim Correction and Rehabilitation Center

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Qanater Prison Complex

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Scorpion Prison

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sjn 'by z`bl lSn`y

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sjn 'sywT l`mwmy

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sjn l`zwly

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See all 41 prisons in Egypt →

Data completeness

100%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population: 106,160,0002022
Source-verified: 20 May 2026
Source links: 3 cited

Sources

Direct citations for the figures on this page.

Primary reference
World Prison Brief (ICPS, Birkbeck) — Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research
Amnesty International — country pages — Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch — World Report — Human Rights Watch
See /data-sources for our methodology.