Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Egypt

Egypt: Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 was 0.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.4%
Change on year
up 7.2%
World rank
10th
of 78 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 2019
All-time low
0.3%
in 1988
Years of data
16
1988–2019

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Egypt, 1988–2019

00.10.20.30.41988200320191988: 0.273 % of urban employed population in working age1998: 0.311 % of urban employed population in working age2005: 0.379 % of urban employed population in working age2007: 0.359 % of urban employed population in working age2008: 0.359 % of urban employed population in working age2009: 0.396 % of urban employed population in working age2010: 0.4 % of urban employed population in working age2011: 0.336 % of urban employed population in working age2012: 0.321 % of urban employed population in working age2013: 0.328 % of urban employed population in working age2014: 0.351 % of urban employed population in working age2015: 0.354 % of urban employed population in working age2016: 0.343 % of urban employed population in working age2017: 0.354 % of urban employed population in working age2018: 0.387 % of urban employed population in working age2019: 0.415 % of urban employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of urban employed population in working age.

Analysis

In 2019, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Egypt stood at 0.4%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

The figure is up 7.2% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Egypt peaked at 0.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1988.

That places Egypt 10th out of 78 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Egypt, year by year

Annual values for Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) in Egypt, 1988 to 2019.
Year % of urban employed population in working age Change
1988 0.3%
1998 0.3% +14.0%
2005 0.4% +21.8%
2007 0.4% -5.2%
2008 0.4% -0.2%
2009 0.4% +10.3%
2010 0.4% +1.1%
2011 0.3% -16.1%
2012 0.3% -4.3%
2013 0.3% +2.2%
2014 0.4% +6.8%
2015 0.4% +0.9%
2016 0.3% -2.9%
2017 0.4% +3.2%
2018 0.4% +9.2%
2019 0.4% +7.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 1
1990s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 1
2000s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 4
2010s 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Egypt?
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 in Egypt was 0.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2019.
What is the lowest excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1988.
How does Egypt rank for excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64?
Egypt ranks 10th out of 78 countries with data for 2019.
Is excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64 rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Egypt data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Excessive working hours, more than 48 hours per week, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age)
Unit
% of urban employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
78 places, 1,035 data points, 1980–2021
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