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Government debt in Egypt

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Egypt's government debt is 86.80 % — #99 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

86.80%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.9 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Egypt over time

98.30 %82.55 %66.80 %98.30 % · 200566.80 % · 20081998: 73.80 %1999: 72.40 %2000: 71.70 %2001: 79.10 %2002: 85.80 %2003: 97.10 %2004: 96.50 %2005: 98.30 %2006: 85.90 %2007: 76.30 %2008: 66.80 %2009: 69.50 %2010: 69.60 %2011: 72.80 %2012: 69.90 %2013: 79.80 %2014: 80.90 %2015: 83.80 %2016: 91.60 %2017: 97.80 %2018: 87.90 %2019: 80.10 %2020: 86.20 %2021: 89.90 %2022: 88.50 %2023: 95.90 %2024: 90.90 %2025: 86.80 %19982012202586.80 %
28 official observations, 1998 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#99 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
21 %
26 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 4.10 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
11.50 pp
peak 98.30 % in 2005
Full series
▲ 13.00 pp
since 1998

In Africa: #16 of 21vs median 54.70 %: +32.10 pp (worse)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Egypt: ahead of 20 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtEgypt 86.80 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Egypt is ahead of 20 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Egypt
97 Trinidad and Tobago84.00 %−2.80 pp
98 India84.30 %−2.50 pp
99 Egypt86.80 %—
100 Mauritius86.80 %—
101 El Salvador87.60 %+0.80 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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