Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment in Egypt
Egypt: Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment was 27.94 % in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment in Egypt, 2008–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in Egypt is 27.94 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 75.2% on the previous year and up 140.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in Egypt peaked at 27.94 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.51 %, in 2021.
Egypt ranks 2nd of 68 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 11.66 % | — |
| 2009 | 12.91 % | +10.7% |
| 2010 | 12.65 % | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 10.4 % | -17.8% |
| 2012 | 7.78 % | -25.2% |
| 2013 | 11.61 % | +49.2% |
| 2015 | 13.72 % | +18.2% |
| 2016 | 4.62 % | -66.3% |
| 2017 | 6.37 % | +37.9% |
| 2018 | 5.57 % | -12.6% |
| 2019 | 4.87 % | -12.6% |
| 2020 | 3.81 % | -21.8% |
| 2021 | 3.51 % | -7.9% |
| 2022 | 3.58 % | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 15.95 % | +345.5% |
| 2024 | 27.94 % | +75.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 27.94 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15.2 %, 1.8× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 27.94 % is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is -2.89 %. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +345.5% | 3.58 % | 15.95 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.29 % | 11.66 % | 12.91 % | 2 |
| 2010s | 8.62 % | 4.62 % | 13.72 % | 9 |
| 2020s | 10.96 % | 3.51 % | 27.94 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 1 Bangladesh 28.97 % compare
- 1 Côte d'Ivoire 15.9 % compare
- 1 Timor-Leste 10.19 % compare
- 2 United Republic of Tanzania 8.33 % compare
- 3 Pakistan 25.06 % compare
- 3 Viet Nam 7.13 % compare
- 4 Bhutan 22.71 % compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6.09 % compare
- 5 Ghana 21.3 % compare
- 5 Türkiye -1.54 % compare
More economy & growth data for Egypt
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 4.11 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.63 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 695.90 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0019 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 5.88 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 15.45 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual -66.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0423 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 130.55 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 8.8 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in Egypt?
- Gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment in Egypt was 27.94 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 27.94 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.51 % in 2021.
- How does Egypt rank for gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment?
- Egypt ranks 2nd out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: total employment rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 140.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Total employment — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.