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Country · EGY

Egypt · Finances and debt

Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · copied on 2026-11-11

Public finances and external accounts

A fiscal deficit of 6.6 % of GDP

Egypt: in 2025, the general government spent 6.6 % of GDP more than it collected, public debt stood at 86.8 % of GDP, the current account showed a deficit of 4.2 % (IMF).

Fiscal balance · 2025
−6.6 %
of GDP · +0.9 pt since 2020
Public debt · 2025
86.8 %
of GDP · +0.6 pt since 2020
Current account · 2025
−4.2 %
of GDP · −1.3 pt since 2020

Fiscal balance, % of GDP

Negative: a deficit · dashed: estimates and projections

−15 % −10 % −5 % 0 % 2015 2020 2025 2030 Egypt −3.5 North Africa −5.7 −15 % −10 % −5 % 0 % 2015 2020 2025 2030
  • Egypt
  • North Africa

Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026) · general government net lending or borrowing · group values weighted by GDP in dollars (Syli Atlas)

Current account, % of GDP

Trade, income and transfers with the rest of the world

−6 % −4 % −2 % 0 % 2015 2020 2025 2030 Egypt −2.8 −6 % −4 % −2 % 0 % 2015 2020 2025 2030

Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)

Currency

Egyptian pound

The Egyptian pound has no fixed peg: its value against the dollar and the euro moves with the market and the central bank's policy.

Currency
EGP
Egyptian pound
Exchange regime
—
no fixed peg
Inflation · 2025
20.4 %
average annual change in consumer prices

Currency codes: ISO 4217 · fixed parities: central banks (BCEAO, BEAC, Central Bank of the Comoros, Bank of Cape Verde…) · inflation: IMF, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)

Debt

A debt owed first to multilateral lenders

At the end of 2025, Egypt owed 114.6 bn$ in public external debt (World Bank). 4.2 % of it was owed to China, 25.8 % to multilateral institutions and 25.3 % to bond holders.

Debt of the 54 countries →
Public debt · 2025
86.8 %
of GDP · IMF
External debt · 2025
164.3 bn$
public and private · World Bank
Public external debt · 2025
114.6 bn$
owed or guaranteed by the State
Debt service · 2024
36.2 %
of exports of goods, services and income

Public external debt by creditor

Share of the total at the end of each year

2015
2020
2025
Multilateral (IMF, World Bank, AfDB…)
25.8 %
China
4.2 %
Other countries
25.3 %
Bonds (Eurobonds)
25.3 %
Banks and other private lenders
19.4 %

Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics (updated 2026-11-05) · public and publicly guaranteed external debt, end of year · CC BY 4.0 · shares: Syli Atlas calculation