Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Partial data: missing TOT, GF10, GF0107, rev
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2025
Not available
Welfare · 2025
Not available
Healthcare · 2025
Not available
Defence · 2025
0.61%
-2.5 pts since 1995
Education · 2025
Not available
Debt interest · 2025
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
86.8%
of GDP · +13 pts since 1998
Population · 2025
118.4m
80.3% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Egypt, Arab Rep. yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare fell from 1.7% to 1.3% of GDP between 2000 and 2012, then rose to 1.6% by 2023.
Defence rose from 3.1% to 3.3% of GDP between 1995 and 2002, then fell to 0.6% by 2025.
Education rose from 4.6% to 4.9% of GDP between 1995 and 2003, then fell to 3.8% by 2008.
Gross debt rose from 73.8% to 98.3% of GDP between 1998 and 2005, then fell to 86.8% by 2025.
Population grew from 65.7 million in 1995 to 118.4 million in 2025; the UN projects 161.6 million by 2050.