Egypt's unemployment fell from 9.0 % in 1996 to 6.8 % in 2025.
Egypt · Employment & wages
Unemployment, participation, employment, youth, wages and hours.
19 indicators · 12 with data
Unemployment
Egypt's youth unemployment fell from 25.6 % in 1996 to 18.3 % in 2025.
Participation
Egypt's participation fell from 47.3 % in 1996 to 44.6 % in 2025.
Labour force participation rate, female (ages 15+)
% of female population ages 15+
175th of 182 · 14th in MENA+
Egypt's labour force participation rate, female (ages 15+) fell from 21.1 % in 1996 to 18.5 % in 2025.
Employment
Egypt's employment to population ratio (ages 15+) fell from 43.0 % in 1996 to 41.5 % in 2025.
Egypt's labour force, total rose from 19.4M in 1996 to 36.1M in 2025.
Egypt's self-employed (% of total employment) fell from 33.2 % in 1996 to 27.0 % in 2025.
Egypt's vulnerable employment (% of total employment) rose from 17.9 % in 1996 to 23.9 % in 2025.
Structure
Egypt's employment in agriculture (% of total employment) fell from 32.2 % in 1996 to 17.5 % in 2025.
Egypt's employment in industry (% of total employment) rose from 24.2 % in 1996 to 29.4 % in 2025.
Egypt's employment in services (% of total employment) rose from 43.6 % in 1996 to 53.1 % in 2025.
Productivity
Egypt's gdp per person employed (constant 2021 ppp $) rose from intl $33k in 1996 to intl $60.7k in 2025.
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Egypt.
- Long-term unemployment (% of unemployed)No data
- Employment rate (ages 15–64)No data
- Part-time employment (% of employment)No data
- Average wageNo data
- Hours workedNo data
- Minimum wage relative to median wageNo data
- ProductivityNo data