I do not believe Hosni Mubarak was that bad of a leader. Egypt was showing steady development. The statistic I follow most is electrical production. Britain's stagnation in living standards over the last 30 years has been met with a stagnation in electrical production. In 1980 when Hosni Mubarak came to power Egypt produced 18 billion kilowatt hours a year. Britain was a world leader at the time in electricit and produced 264 billion kwh a year.
By 2008 Egyptian power production has risen to 123 billion kwh. A 680% increase since 1980. British power production had risen to 361 billion kwh
http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=sp_dyn_le00_in&idim=country:EGY&dl=en&hl=en&q=life+expectancy+egypt
Another statistic is life expectancy. On this front Egypt went from a life expectancy of 56.6 years in 1980 to 70.1 years in 2008. Nearing first world levels.
http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=sp_pop_totl&idim=country:EGY&dl=en&hl=en&q=population+egypt
The population of the nation increased from 44.4 million in 1980 to 82.9 million in 2009.
This rise in population meant that the per capita electrical consumption increase was 364% over his 30 year reign.
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