The number of non-Egyptians working in the private sector and investment in Egypt increase 9.7% y-o-y in 2018, according to Capmas statistics. The total figures (recorded as 14,777 in 2018 and 13,469 in 2017) included 45.2% from non-Arab Asian countries, 23.9% from European countries, 21.4% from Arab countries, 7.5% from the Americas and Australasia, and only 1% from non-Arab African countries.