ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment in Egypt
Egypt: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Employment by status of employment was 11,799 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 11,799 1000 No. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 59.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — employment by status of employment in Egypt peaked at 11,799 1000 No in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,667 1000 No, in 2008.
Egypt ranks 6th 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 | 6,667 1000 No | — |
| 2009 | 6,895 1000 No | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 7,441 1000 No | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 7,251 1000 No | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 7,439 1000 No | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 7,413 1000 No | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 8,035 1000 No | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 9,673 1000 No | +20.4% |
| 2017 | 9,430 1000 No | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 9,603 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 9,998 1000 No | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 10,216 1000 No | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 10,674 1000 No | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 11,404 1000 No | +6.8% |
| 2023 | 11,680 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 11,799 1000 No | +1.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 11,799 1000 No is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 649.7 1000 No, 18.2× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 11,799 1000 No is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 425.45 1000 No, 27.7× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,781 1000 No | 6,667 1000 No | 6,895 1000 No | 2 |
| 2010s | 8,476 1000 No | 7,251 1000 No | 9,998 1000 No | 9 |
| 2020s | 11,155 1000 No | 10,216 1000 No | 11,799 1000 No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 319.46 1000 No compare
- 3 Pakistan 19,426 1000 No compare
- 4 Bangladesh 15,661 1000 No compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 304.99 1000 No compare
- 5 Russian Federation 14,603 1000 No compare
- 7 Philippines 8,980 1000 No compare
- 8 Thailand 8,617 1000 No compare
- 9 Germany 7,605 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 11,799 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 11,799 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 6,667 1000 No in 2008.
- How does Egypt rank for ilostat - labour force survey — employment by status of employment?
- Egypt ranks 6th 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 59.2%. 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 — 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.