Egypt ranked #36 in Best Countries 2020 report: Egypt has been named the 36th best country (just that — best country — we swear) in an annual ranking published by US News (pdf), putting us dead in the middle of the list of 73 nations surveyed. The report measures the global perception of a country across a number of categories through conducting interviews with more than 25k participants across 36 countries. Egypt ranked highly in the heritage category coming in at #13, but for economics and social metrics the country performed poorly. We’re ranked near the bottom pile at #69 for being open for business, #52 for entrepreneurship, and #54 for quality of life.

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