Foreign aidMiddle East and North AfricaFiscal year 2025
US foreign aid to Egypt
The US gave Egypt $223.4 million in foreign aid in FY2025: $1.89 per person, 26th of 173 recipient countries.In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025), US government agencies obligated $223.4 million in foreign assistance for Egypt and disbursed $230.5 million, according to ForeignAssistance.gov.
Egypt ranks 26th of 173 recipient countries
US foreign aid obligated in FY2025, every recipient country, highest to lowest.
What the numbers show
FY2025 obligations were down 7.9% from $242.5 million in FY2024, and compare with an average of $1.2 billion a year over FY2015–FY2024. The highest year since FY2015 was FY2023, at $1.5 billion. In total, $12.3 billion was obligated over FY2015–FY2025.
The agency that managed the most aid for Egypt in FY2025 was the U.S. Agency for International Development ($158.1 million, 70.8% of the total). By sector, the largest was Education and Social Services ($68.4 million, 30.6%). That sector includes: Basic Education; Higher Education; Policies, Regulations, and Systems; Social Assistance. ForeignAssistance.gov classified $36.0 million (16.1%) as military assistance and the rest as economic assistance.
For FY2026, -$634,867 has been reported so far. Agencies report to ForeignAssistance.gov quarterly and with a lag, so this page uses FY2025 for comparisons. The figures cover aid recorded for Egypt itself; regional and worldwide programs that also benefit it are counted separately (see the Middle East and North Africa page).
US aid to Egypt by year
Egypt: $223M in FY2025, against a peak of $1.5B in FY2023
Obligations by fiscal year and managing agency, FY2015–FY2026, nominal dollars. FY26* is incomplete. Net de-obligations are drawn as zero.
- Other agencies
- Defense Department
- State Department
- USAID
View every year as a table
| Fiscal year | USAID | State Department | Defense Department | Other agencies | Total obligated | Disbursed | Per person | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2015 | $191.0M | $1.3B | $2.8M | $1.9M | $1.5B | $1.4B | $15.34 | 4 |
| FY2016 | $98.8M | $1.1B | $44.1M | $3.1M | $1.3B | $1.3B | $12.63 | 4 |
| FY2017 | $141.5M | $227.8M | $611,249 | $2.0M | $372.0M | $300.2M | $3.59 | 25 |
| FY2018 | $189.5M | $1.0B | $12.2M | $15.2M | $1.2B | $1.2B | $11.81 | 5 |
| FY2019 | $110.8M | $1.4B | $17.2M | $3.6M | $1.5B | $1.5B | $13.78 | 4 |
| FY2020 | $122.8M | $1.4B | $27.8M | $1.8M | $1.5B | $1.5B | $13.76 | 4 |
| FY2021 | $175.2M | $1.3B | $0 | $863,041 | $1.5B | $1.5B | $13.47 | 3 |
| FY2022 | $172.6M | $1.2B | $0 | $1.7M | $1.4B | $1.4B | $12.16 | 6 |
| FY2023 | $237.9M | $1.3B | $25.8M | $10.1M | $1.5B | $1.5B | $13.44 | 4 |
| FY2024 | $214.5M | $26.8M | $0 | $1.2M | $242.5M | $249.2M | $2.08 | 42 |
| FY2025 | $158.1M | $65.3M | $0 | -$15,012 | $223.4M | $230.5M | $1.89 | 26 |
| FY2026* | -$634,851 | -$16 | $0 | $0 | -$634,867 | $27.8M | – | – |
Source: ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State).
Who manages it and what it pays for, FY2025
By managing agency
| Managing agency | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Agency for International Development | $158.1 million | 70.8% |
| Department of State | $65.3 million | 29.2% |
| Department of Energy | $45,000 | 0.0% |
| Department of Transportation | $1,200 | 0.0% |
By sector
| Sector | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Education and Social Services | $68.4 million | 30.6% |
| Economic Development | $36.4 million | 16.3% |
| Peace and Security | $36.3 million | 16.3% |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $28.1 million | 12.6% |
| Humanitarian Assistance | $20.8 million | 9.3% |
| Health | $16.9 million | 7.6% |
| Program Support | $16.5 million | 7.4% |
Largest program areas
| Program area | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Higher Education | $44.7 million | 20.0% |
| Stabilization Operations and Security Sector Reform | $36.0 million | 16.1% |
| Basic Education | $23.7 million | 10.6% |
| Protection, Assistance and Solutions | $20.8 million | 9.3% |
| Rule of Law and Human Rights | $18.5 million | 8.3% |
| Direct Administrative Costs | $16.5 million | 7.4% |
| Agriculture | $13.2 million | 5.9% |
| Macroeconomic Foundation for Growth | $12.7 million | 5.7% |
| Good Governance | $9.6 million | 4.3% |
| Family Planning and Reproductive Health | $9.5 million | 4.3% |
Sectors over the last five years
| Sector | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peace and Security | $1.3B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $2.4M | $36.3M |
| Education and Social Services | $24.0M | $57.1M | $108.6M | $87.7M | $68.4M |
| Economic Development | $47.3M | $18.9M | $60.0M | $43.8M | $36.4M |
| Humanitarian Assistance | $27.6M | $26.7M | $28.4M | $49.0M | $20.8M |
| Health | $57.0M | $42.2M | $10.3M | $18.7M | $16.9M |
| Program Support | $27.3M | $29.3M | $28.9M | $36.8M | $16.5M |
| Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance | $10.6M | $25.2M | $32.3M | $4.6M | $28.1M |
| Environment | $500,000 | $298,562 | $24.9M | $0 | $0 |
| Multi-sector | -$250 | $0 | $0 | -$300,000 | $0 |
Who carried out the work, FY2025
Implementing partners by type, as reported to ForeignAssistance.gov. “Government” includes US agencies that carry out programs themselves and partner-country governments.
| Partner type | FY2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Multilateral | $69.4 million | 31.1% |
| Enterprises | $51.8 million | 23.2% |
| NGO | $48.4 million | 21.7% |
| Universities and Research Institutes | $39.2 million | 17.5% |
| Government | $15.5 million | 6.9% |
How Egypt compares
Countries with similar US aid totals in FY2025
US foreign aid obligated, FY2025.
| South Africa | $261.6 million |
| Vietnam | $232.8 million |
| Egypt (this page) | $223.4 million |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $219.9 million |
| Senegal | $213.4 million |
Other countries in the Middle East and North Africa
All of the Middle East and North AfricaMore on US foreign aid
Questions and answers
- How much foreign aid does the US give Egypt?
- $223.4 million was obligated in fiscal year 2025 and $230.5 million disbursed, according to ForeignAssistance.gov. Over FY2015–FY2025 the total obligated was $12.3 billion.
- How much US aid does Egypt get per person?
- About $1.89 per person in FY2025, using the World Bank population estimate of 118,365,995.
- How much USAID funding goes to Egypt?
- USAID managed $158.1 million of the FY2025 total (70.8%), more than any other agency.
- What is US aid to Egypt spent on?
- In FY2025, by sector: Education and Social Services $68.4 million (30.6%); Economic Development $36.4 million (16.3%); Peace and Security $36.3 million (16.3%); Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance $28.1 million (12.6%).
- Has US aid to Egypt gone up or down?
- FY2025: $223.4 million; FY2024: $242.5 million (down 7.9%). The peak since FY2015 was FY2023 ($1.5 billion).
- Does the US give military aid to Egypt?
- In FY2025, $36.0 million (16.1%) of obligations for Egypt was classified as military assistance on ForeignAssistance.gov.
Sources and notes
- ForeignAssistance.gov (U.S. Department of State), complete dataset (us_foreign_aid_complete.csv), version of 02 Sep 2026, retrieved 2026-10-06. Obligations and disbursements in current (nominal) US dollars by U.S. fiscal year (October to September), FY2015–FY2026; FY2026 is incomplete. Public domain.
- Population: World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.POP.TOTL (updated 2026-07-13), CC BY 4.0.
- Per-person figures divide the fiscal-year obligations by the World Bank population for the same calendar year.
- How the figures are built, and what they leave out: method and caveats.