Egypt paid $16 billion in external debt service during the first half of fiscal year 2025/26, according to the latest report released by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE).
The report showed that external debt servicing totaled $6.442 billion in the first quarter of the fiscal year before rising to $9.553 billion in the second quarter.
Interest payments accounted for $2.078 billion during the July–September quarter, while they eased to $1.675 billion in the October–December period.
Principal repayments, meanwhile, climbed from $4.363 billion in the first quarter to $7.877 billion in the second quarter, reflecting the bulk of Egypt's debt service obligations during the six-month period.
The CBE also reported that Egypt's outstanding external debt reached $163.9 billion at the end of December 2025, compared with $161.23 billion at the end of June 2025.
Despite the increase in the nominal stock of external debt, the country's external debt-to-GDP ratio improved to 40.6% by the end of December 2025, down from 44.2% six months earlier, indicating stronger economic output relative to the size of outstanding foreign debt.
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