Energy subsidies move in opposite directions

Selected Treasury allocations · EGP billion

Two pairs of horizontal bars share a zero-based scale. Grey shows FY2025/26 budgets; rust shows FY2026/27 draft allocations. Petroleum subsidies fall from EGP75.033bn to EGP15.840bn. Electricity subsidies rise from EGP75bn to EGP104.160bn. Another EGP25bn in Treasury-borne petroleum taxes is a separate entry excluded from the bars.

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Petroleum −78.9%; electricity +38.9%, separate EGP25bn for petroleum taxes borne by the Treasury is excluded.

Chart: The Cairo ReportSource: Ministry of Finance, FY2026/27 Financial StatementGet the data