The current-account balance deteriorated rapidly, owing to the loss of more than $4 billion in tourism revenues and a sharp fall in remittances by Egyptian workers abroad. The fiscal deficit widened to 10% of GDP, causing government debt (including external debt), which had been falling steadily, to rise to 76% of GDP.
2011年，经济状况几乎全面倒退了。年GDP增长率下降为越0.5%，而通胀率维持在两位数。失业率在第四季度达到了12.4%，2010年同期水平为8.9%。由于旅游业收入缩水40亿美元以及来自在外工作埃及人的海外侨汇急剧减少，经常项目收支迅速恶化。财政赤字增加为GDP的10%，这导致前几年一直在下降的政府债务（包括外债）水平提高到GDP的76%。