Egypt implemented around 1,008 reform measures supporting the private sector between May 2022 and December 2025, with investment support, business environment improvements, and legal, regulatory and institutional reforms accounting for nearly 69.7% of the total, according to a recent report by the Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC).
The report reviewed the government’s reform package aimed at addressing challenges facing the private sector, increasing its contribution to GDP, creating jobs, attracting investment and boosting exports.
Osama El-Gohary, Assistant to the Prime Minister and Chairperson of IDSC, said the government has adopted a comprehensive reform agenda to accelerate economic growth and strengthen the private sector’s role as a key driver of growth.
The reforms were implemented across six main areas: monetary policy and exchange-rate flexibility, competition and competitive neutrality, industrial development, investment and business environment improvements, legal and regulatory reforms, and implementation of the State Ownership Policy.
Investment support and business environment improvements represented the largest category, with 476 measures, followed by legal, regulatory and institutional reforms with 227 measures. Together, the two areas accounted for 69.7% of all reforms implemented during the period.
In 2025 alone, the government implemented 508 reform measures, representing 50.4% of the total measures introduced between May 2022 and December 2025. Investment and business environment reforms accounted for 287 measures, while legal, regulatory and institutional reforms represented 99 measures, together accounting for around 76% of reforms implemented during the year.
On monetary policy, the report highlighted continued efforts by the Central Bank of Egypt to support price stability, economic growth and a flexible exchange-rate policy. The Egyptian pound gained 6.1% against the US dollar in 2025, while headline and core inflation declined to 14.1% and 12.1%, respectively, from 28.3% and 27.2% in 2024.
Industrial development accounted for 220 reform measures, or 21.8% of the total. Among the measures were the launch of 1,128 industrial plots across 26 industrial zones in 16 governorates and 386 vacant industrial units across 12 industrial complexes through the Egypt Industrial Digital Platform.
The report also noted stronger industrial activity in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, where the number of operating factories reached 204, alongside 173 factories under construction, with investments exceeding $6.5bn in projects that had entered operation by April 2026.
Meanwhile, the non-oil manufacturing sector recorded 14.7% growth in fiscal year (FY) 2024/25, while non-oil merchandise exports reached $48.679bn in 2025, up 17.3% year on year.
Investment and business environment reforms totalled 476 measures, representing 47.2% of all reforms. The government had granted around 54 golden licences by April 2026 and launched pilot operations for a unified electronic investment licensing platform.
Private investment reached EGP 590.7bn at constant prices in FY 2024/25, representing 57% of total implemented investments excluding inventories.
The reforms also supported the implementation of the State Ownership Policy, contributing to an increase in the private sector’s share of GDP to 79.4% in FY 2024/25, compared with 74.8% in FY 2022/23.
