An Eye on Egypt’s Education Sector

Updated 3/8/2026 9:00:00 AM

The Egyptian cabinet is committed, in line with constitutional provisions, to allocating at least 10% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to public spending on health, pre-university education, higher education, and scientific research.

This factsheet provides a comprehensive overview of Egypt’s education sector, covering its economic and social aspects, while highlighting government allocations for education activities in the current fiscal year (FY) budget.

In the academic year of 2024/25, the overall number of teachers in Egypt reached approximately 909,280, while the total number of students in pre-university education stood at around 25.8 million. Moreover, Egypt has 62,056 schools nationwide, including public and private schools, with a total of 672,852 classes.
The education services sector generated a GDP of EGP 299.7 billion in FY 2024/25, reflecting a 5.12% year-on-year (YoY) growth. Despite this growth, the education sector’s contribution to Egypt’s overall GDP was relatively modest, accounting for only 1.7% of GDP in FY 2024/25.
Government spending on the education sector represents 6.8% of total expenditures in the public budget plan for FY 2025/26. The estimated expenditures at EGP 315.1 billion represent 7% YoY growth compared to EGP 294.6 billion in the previous FY.
Budget allocations for the education sector mainly cover wages, purchasing goods and services, debt service, subsidies and grants, and buying non-financial assets (investments).
According to the recent data published by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMS), the average daily wage rate in education activities reached EGP 205.3 at the end of 2025. As part of a plan to improve the standards of living for teachers, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) allocated EGP 214.7 billion from the education budget to wages and compensations, representing the largest share of financing directed to the sector at 68%.
In FY 2024/25, the contribution of education to public investments increased to 7%, compared to 5.7% during the same period a year earlier.
The Egyptian government announced that the investment plan for FY 2025/26 allocates EGP 30.5 billion for investments in the pre-university education sector.
Planned investments in the education sector target reducing classroom density to 40 students per class by building, replacing, and renovating 29,763 classrooms, in addition to renovating 1,851 schools.