Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, total in Egypt
Egypt: Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, total was 0.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, total in Egypt, 1988–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of total employed female population in working age.
Analysis
In 2019, female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, total in Egypt stood at 0.8%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, total in Egypt peaked at 0.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1998.
That places Egypt 66th out of 94 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, total in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of total employed female population in working age | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 0.4% | — |
| 1998 | 0.3% | -11.8% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | +14.8% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | +47.2% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | -8.9% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +24.7% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8%, 1.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.8% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.9%, 88% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, total 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +47.2% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More reference data data for Egypt
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2851 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 16.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.2 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 16.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.956 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4622 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 25.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 71.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 6.55 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, total in Egypt?
- Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, total in Egypt was 0.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, total recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, total recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1998.
- How does Egypt rank for female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, total?
- Egypt ranks 66th out of 94 countries with data for 2019.
- Is female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, total rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.1%. 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 Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed female population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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