ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Egypt
Egypt: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 10.7 % in 2024. ◆ Volatile
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Egypt, 2013–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 10.7 % for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in 2024. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 143.2% on the previous year and up 10,600.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Egypt peaked at 10.7 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1 %, in 2013.
That places Egypt 2nd out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.1 % | — |
| 2015 | 0.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 4.4 % | +4300.0% |
| 2024 | 10.7 % | +143.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 10.7 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.8 %, 5.9× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | 2 |
| 2020s | 3.08 % | 0.1 % | 10.7 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
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 — share of employment by status of in Egypt?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Egypt was 10.7 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 10.7 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 % in 2013.
- How does Egypt rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
- Egypt ranks 2nd out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10,600.0%. 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 ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, workers not classified, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.