Egypt’s external position is showing growing resilience, supported by rising foreign reserves, improving foreign asset balances, and easing risk premiums, according to a research note by HC Securities.

Business activity across Egypt’s non-oil private sector continued to expand at the start of the year, extending the current growth sequence seen since late 2020, although overall operating conditions weakened slightly as demand slowed.

The headline seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) of Egypt declined to 50.2 in December 2025 from 51.1 in November, yet still above the 50.0 no-change mark for the second consecutive month, the latest S&P Global PMI data showed.

Business conditions in Egypt’s non-oil private sector improved in November, with firms reporting the fastest increases in output and new orders in five years.

Egypt held the seventh position worldwide as a global leader in critical project management disciplines, according to the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Egypt’s headline seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose from 48.8 in September 2025 to 49.2 in October, according to the latest S&P Global PMI data.

Egypt’s non-oil private sector saw business conditions softening for the seventh straight month in September, as demand waned and firms pulled back on hiring, according to the latest S&P Global Egypt Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).

Egypt’s headline seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped to 49.2 in August 2025 from 49.5 during July, according to the latest S&P Global PMI data.

Egypt’s headline seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) reflected a marginal decline in the health of the non-oil private sector economy during July 2025, the latest S&P Global PMI data showed.

Egypt’s headline seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dropped to 48.8 during June 2025 from 49.5 last May.

Business conditions in Egypt’s non-oil private sector softened in May, with the latest S&P Global Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) report showing tentative signs of stabilization as contractions in output and new orders eased.

Egypt’s headline Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) retreated from 49.2 in March 2025 to 48.5 in April, marking the lowest reading in 2025 so far

Egypt’s non-oil private sector fell back into contraction in March after experiencing improved business conditions in the first two months of the year.

Egypt’s headline Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) retreated from 50.7 in January 2025 to 50.1 in February

Egypt’s non-oil private sector saw its first expansion in months, with the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rising to 50.7 in January from 48.1 in December, according to the latest S&P Global Egypt PMI survey data.

Egypt's non-oil private business activity retreated in December 2024 due to rising price pressures, according to the latest S&P Global Egypt PMI survey data.

The Egyptian non-oil private sector faced continued challenges in November, marking the third straight month of contraction, according to the latest S&P Global Egypt Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI) report.

Egypt's non-oil private sector continued to see declining business activity in October, according to the latest S&P Global Egypt PMI® survey data.

Egypt’s non-oil private sector saw a renewed downturn in business conditions in September, as rising price pressures curbed sales and slowed activity.

Egypt's non-oil private sector experienced its first expansion in three years last August, according to the S&P Global Egypt PMI.