{"id":676824,"date":"2025-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/12\/07\/external-debt-rises-to-usd-161-bn-in-fy-2024-25\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T00:00:00","slug":"external-debt-rises-to-usd-161-bn-in-fy-2024-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/12\/07\/external-debt-rises-to-usd-161-bn-in-fy-2024-25\/","title":{"rendered":"External debt rises to USD 161 bn in FY 2024-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Total exter<\/strong><strong>nal debt recorded USD 161.2 bn by the end of the fiscal year 2024-25<\/strong>, recording a 5.5% y-o-y increase, according to the recent Central Bank of Egypt\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/12\/254.pdf\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">external position report (pdf)<\/a> for the fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links <\/strong>to our background as well as external sources.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>No reason to worry: <\/strong>\u201cThe external debt remained within manageable limits, with a stock-to-GDP ratio of 44.2% and with a favorable structure of 80.8% as long-term debt,\u201d the report read.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The report said the uptick in external debt was the result of a <\/strong><strong>USD 5.4 bn<\/strong><strong> increase in disbursements <\/strong><strong>of external loans and facilities<\/strong> and the USD\u2019s depreciation against other foreign debt currencies, which resulted in a USD 2.9 bn increase in book value.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>External debt service climbed to USD 38.7 bn during FY 2024-25<\/strong>, up USD 5.8 bn y-o-y. Principal repayments were the main driver behind the increase, rising by USD 6.5 bn to USD 30.2 bn, while interest payments shrank by USD 700 mn to hit USD 8.5 bn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Foreign reserves saw a USD 2.3 bn increase during the fiscal year<\/strong>, reaching USD 48.7 bn. This rise was primarily driven by a USD 4.1 bn increase in gold reserves, which helped offset a USD 1.8 bn dip in foreign currencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Commercial banks\u2019 net foreign assets jumped to USD 2.1 bn during the fiscal year<\/strong> to end the year at USD 4.9 bn. Foreign currency deposits climbed 18.5% y-o-y during the period to reach USD 62.3 bn. Looking at the banking sector as a whole, it saw <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/3248f840-96fb-433e-be9a-3fd2abe1aaf5\/%253cmark%253enet-foreign-assets%253c%2Fmark%253e-climb-again,-hit-usd-14.9-bn-in-june\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">net foreign assets rise to USD 14.9 bn<\/a> by the end of the fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The report also highlights <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/c64ad0cb-f3a5-4d5f-8e2c-7658c1a7c9a9\/current-account-deficit-narrows-to-usd-15.4-bn-in-fy-2024-25\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">key developments<\/a><\/strong><strong> to our current account deficit<\/strong>, which narrowed to USD 15.4 bn in FY 2024-25, backed by a marked increase in remittances, a rise in tourism revenues, and a jump in non-oil exports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>External 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