Egypt repaid $8.645bn in external debt—covering both principal and interest—during the fourth quarter (Q4) of FY 2024/2025, according to a report issued by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE).
The CBE said the repayments included $1.895bn in interest payments and $6.749bn in principal instalments, compared with total repayments of $8.784bn in the third quarter (Q3) of the same fiscal year.
Egypt’s external debt rose to $161.23bn in June 2025, up from $156.689bn in March 2025. The external debt-to-GDP ratio increased to about 44.2%, compared with 43% in the previous period.
According to the report, Egypt paid a total of $38.736bn in external debt service—principal and interest—during FY 2024/2025. This included $7.952bn in the first quarter, $13.354bn in the second quarter, $8.784bn in Q3, and approximately $8.645bn in Q4.
In a related development, the CBE revealed that net foreign assets (NFA) in Egypt’s banking sector increased by EGP 128.5bn during July and August 2025, representing a growth rate of 17.3%.
The rise was driven by an increase of EGP 110.9bn in net foreign assets at commercial banks, alongside a rise of EGP 17.6bn at the Central Bank of Egypt.
The CBE also reported that net domestic assets in the banking sector rose by around EGP 186.7bn during the same two-month period, reflecting a growth rate of 1.5%. This increase was primarily due to a rise in domestic credit of about EGP 659.6bn, or 4.4%, partially offset by a decline of around EGP 472.9bn in net budgetary items.
Domestic credit growth was driven by higher net claims on the government, which rose by EGP 49.6bn, alongside increased lending to the private business sector by EGP 72.5bn, the public business sector by EGP 74bn, and the household sector by approximately EGP 60.5bn.
