Egypt’s Ministry of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation has released a comprehensive review of its 2025 achievements, highlighting progress in public investment governance, participatory planning, transparency, and efficiency in public spending.
According to its statement, the efforts aim to optimize resource allocation toward priority sectors while encouraging private sector participation.
For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the government adhered to the investment spending ceiling of EGP 1 trillion, with actual investments reaching EGP 922 billion, or 92% of the target.
This disciplined approach contributed to controlling public finances, reducing debt burdens, and enabling private investments to expand to 47.5% of total investments, compared with 43.3% for public investments, the highest private share in five years.
The government aims to increase private sector investment to 63% of total investments in the current fiscal year.
The Ministry emphasized its continued efforts in public investment governance, including ten meetings of the Public Investment Governance Committee to monitor investments of public companies through an integrated planning and monitoring system.
A new “office-based monitoring component” was implemented, and a training program was held to ensure accurate quarterly reporting of public company investments to the main governance committee.
The Ministry noted that these efforts are part of a broader strategy to optimize public investment, diversify funding sources, including attracting foreign direct investment and regional partnerships, and allow the private sector to play a leading role in sustainable growth.
Looking ahead, for the 2025/2026 fiscal year, the government has set a public investment ceiling of EGP 1,158 billion, continuing its approach to rationalize public spending while supporting private-sector-led development.
