ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment in Egypt
Egypt: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment was 10,449 1000 No in 2024. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment in Egypt, 2008–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
In 2024, ilostat - labour force survey — employment by status of employment in Egypt stood at 10,449 1000 No. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 59.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — employment by status of employment in Egypt peaked at 10,449 1000 No in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,929 1000 No, in 2008.
Egypt ranks 5th of 72 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment in Egypt, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5,929 1000 No | — |
| 2009 | 6,153 1000 No | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 6,620 1000 No | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 6,438 1000 No | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 6,548 1000 No | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 6,539 1000 No | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 7,076 1000 No | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 8,023 1000 No | +13.4% |
| 2017 | 7,944 1000 No | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 8,343 1000 No | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 8,935 1000 No | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 9,106 1000 No | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 9,477 1000 No | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 10,219 1000 No | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 10,408 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 10,449 1000 No | +0.4% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 10,449 1000 No is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 474.57 1000 No, 22.0× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 10,449 1000 No is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 332.72 1000 No, 31.4× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,041 1000 No | 5,929 1000 No | 6,153 1000 No | 2 |
| 2010s | 7,385 1000 No | 6,438 1000 No | 8,935 1000 No | 9 |
| 2020s | 9,932 1000 No | 9,106 1000 No | 10,449 1000 No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 2 Côte d'Ivoire 672.7 1000 No compare
- 2 Pakistan 16,524 1000 No compare
- 2 Türkiye 2,458 1000 No compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 205.4 1000 No compare
- 3 Indonesia 15,220 1000 No compare
- 4 Bangladesh 13,963 1000 No compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 136.89 1000 No compare
- 6 Russian Federation 7,922 1000 No compare
- 7 Philippines 5,750 1000 No compare
- 8 Thailand 4,713 1000 No 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 ilostat - labour force survey — employment by status of employment in Egypt?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — employment by status of employment in Egypt was 10,449 1000 No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — employment by status of employment recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 10,449 1000 No in 2024.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — employment by status of employment recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,929 1000 No in 2008.
- How does Egypt rank for ilostat - labour force survey — employment by status of employment?
- Egypt ranks 5th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — employment by status of employment rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment, employees, rural areas — Male — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.