Annual Results Snapshot 2025
Delivering Results at Scale for Children in Egypt – Through National Leadership, Resilient Systems, and Strategic Partnerships
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With more than 39 million children shaping the nation’s future, investing in their health, development, protection, and opportunities remains a national priority and central to the realization of Egypt Vision 2030.
Children and youth are not simply participants in development; they represent the country’s greatest asset and the driving force behind its long-term prosperity, resilience, and human capital.
Demonstrating this commitment, Egypt continued to advance its reform agenda in 2025 under the renewed National Comprehensive Development Strategy aligned with Vision 2030. The strategy charts a clear path to strengthen human development, accelerate economic transformation, and expand private sector engagement to support inclusive growth and job creation. Economic prospects remained encouraging, with growth projected at 4.7 per cent in FY26/2025, reinforcing confidence in the country’s forward trajectory.
This progress unfolded within a complex global and regional backdrop. Economic pressures continued to affect household wellbeing and resilience, and although inflation eased, the lingering impact of earlier price increases and currency depreciation still constrained purchasing power, particularly for families with children. In this environment, sustained investments in social sectors continue to be essential not only to protect development gains, but to secure the foundations of future growth.
While notable progress has been made, challenges persist. More than one-third of children live in households experiencing poverty, with disparities most visible in rural Upper Egypt. Many youth, especially women, remain outside education, employment, or training, limiting their pathways to opportunity. Gaps in learning, nutrition, and protection outcomes also persist. Together, these realities highlight the importance of further strengthening links between education, skills development, and labour market needs, alongside advancing integrated policies that enable every child not only to grow and learn, but to thrive and contribute meaningfully to society.
In response, Egypt sustained momentum across social and institutional reforms spanning health, social protection, education, early childhood development, labour policy, and child protection – reflecting a comprehensive approach to human development. Government initiatives, including the expansion of the Takaful and Karama programme to more than 5.2 million families, continued to support households in vulnerable situations while reinforcing broader national progress.
Egypt also demonstrated strong solidarity in hosting children and families affected by regional developments, enabling access to national services through inclusive policies and strengthened protection frameworks, including the adoption of the Asylum Law. These efforts reflect a commitment to shared responsibility while reinforcing social cohesion and stability – helping ensure that children remain protected, supported, and able to continue their development.
The reorganization of the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, to be an independent body under the President marked an important step toward stronger governance and coordination for child rights, while Egypt’s submission of its report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child signaled renewed national ownership and commitment to advancing the child rights agenda.
