The graph shows the contribution of tourism, construction and agriculture to the Egyptian economy from 1982 to 2003.

The bar chart illustrates the amount of money contributed to the Egyptian economy by three sectors over 21 years.

Overall

, there was an increase in the contribution of

tourism

and

construction

until the year 2000, followed by a decrease to the end of the

period

,

while

the contribution of agriculture remained stable throughout. The

tourism

and

construction

sectors followed a roughly similar trend. Both started at low points in 1982 at 0.2 and 1.1

billion

dollars

respectively. By 1995, both stood at 2.2

billion

dollars

. They reached a high point in 2000 with

tourism

at 4.2 overtaking

construction

at roughly 3.2

billion

dollars

. From 2000 to 2003 there was a decline in the contribution of both sectors. In 2001 and 2002

tourism

stood at 3.2 but in the final year of the

period

(

2003)

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2003),

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it fell significantly to 1.7

billion

dollars

.

Construction

finished the

period

contributing 2.5

billion

dollars

.

In contrast

, income from the agriculture sector started and ended the

period

at 1.5

billion

dollars

.

However

, there were minor fluctuations.

For example

, in 2001 agriculture fell to 1.8

billion

dollars

but recovered by the following year.