Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Egypt
Egypt: Domestic credit to private sector by banks was 25.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Egypt, 1960–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, domestic credit to private sector by banks in Egypt stood at 25.8%.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, domestic credit to private sector by banks in Egypt peaked at 54.9% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 10.3%, in 1973.
Egypt ranks 123rd of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 16.9% | — |
| 1961 | 16.6% | -1.8% |
| 1962 | 17.1% | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 16.9% | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 15.8% | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 14.7% | -7.0% |
| 1966 | 13.4% | -8.7% |
| 1967 | 12.6% | -6.0% |
| 1968 | 14.2% | +12.4% |
| 1969 | 14.7% | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 11.9% | -19.2% |
| 1971 | 12.4% | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 11.8% | -4.3% |
| 1973 | 10.3% | -13.1% |
| 1974 | 13.2% | +28.7% |
| 1975 | 16.6% | +25.6% |
| 1976 | 17.1% | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 18.7% | +9.4% |
| 1978 | 18.3% | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 19.0% | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 13.9% | -26.6% |
| 1981 | 25.9% | +85.8% |
| 1982 | 24.7% | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 25.8% | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 26.2% | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 27.2% | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 29.2% | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 28.9% | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 28.1% | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 26.5% | -5.7% |
| 1990 | 25.5% | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 22.1% | -13.6% |
| 1992 | 22.3% | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 23.8% | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 27.9% | +17.4% |
| 1995 | 32.7% | +17.3% |
| 1996 | 36.5% | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 39.7% | +8.6% |
| 1998 | 46.6% | +17.3% |
| 1999 | 52.0% | +11.7% |
| 2000 | 52.0% | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 54.9% | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 54.7% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 53.9% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 54.0% | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 51.2% | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 49.3% | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 45.5% | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 42.8% | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 36.1% | -15.7% |
| 2010 | 33.1% | -8.4% |
| 2011 | 31.2% | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 27.4% | -12.1% |
| 2013 | 26.2% | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 25.6% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 26.3% | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 34.1% | +29.7% |
| 2017 | 27.1% | -20.7% |
| 2018 | 24.3% | -10.2% |
| 2019 | 22.8% | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 25.8% | +12.9% |
| 2021 | 28.2% | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 30.8% | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 29.3% | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 27.6% | -5.8% |
| 2025 | 25.8% | -6.3% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 25.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23.4%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 25.8% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 56.4%, 46% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +85.8% | 13.9% | 25.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.3% | 12.6% | 17.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 14.9% | 10.3% | 19.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 25.7% | 13.9% | 29.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 32.9% | 22.1% | 52.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.4% | 36.1% | 54.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.8% | 22.8% | 34.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.9% | 25.8% | 30.8% | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Egypt
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, US dollar, per capita 3.16 units per person (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve position in the IMF, SDR, per capita 2.31 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, US dollar, per capita 3.16 units per person (2025)
- Reserve tranche position, SDR, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is domestic credit to private sector by banks in Egypt?
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks in Egypt was 25.8% in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest domestic credit to private sector by banks recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 54.9% in 2001.
- What is the lowest domestic credit to private sector by banks recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.3% in 1973.
- How does Egypt rank for domestic credit to private sector by banks?
- Egypt ranks 123rd out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is domestic credit to private sector by banks rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Domestic credit to private sector by banks refers to financial resources provided to the private sector by other depository corporations (deposit taking corporations except central banks), such as through loans, purchases of nonequity securities, and trade credits and other accounts receivable, that establish a claim for repayment. For some countries these claims include credit to public enterprises. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.