Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 in Egypt

Egypt: Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 was 0.8% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.8%
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
67th
of 92 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2019
All-time low
0.4%
in 1998
Years of data
16
1988–2019

Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 in Egypt, 1988–2019

00.20.40.60.81988200320191988: 0.379 % of employed female population aged 25-641998: 0.358 % of employed female population aged 25-642005: 0.4 % of employed female population aged 25-642007: 0.54 % of employed female population aged 25-642008: 0.557 % of employed female population aged 25-642009: 0.555 % of employed female population aged 25-642010: 0.588 % of employed female population aged 25-642011: 0.585 % of employed female population aged 25-642012: 0.643 % of employed female population aged 25-642013: 0.6 % of employed female population aged 25-642014: 0.598 % of employed female population aged 25-642015: 0.681 % of employed female population aged 25-642016: 0.664 % of employed female population aged 25-642017: 0.693 % of employed female population aged 25-642018: 0.784 % of employed female population aged 25-642019: 0.789 % of employed female population aged 25-64

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of employed female population aged 25-64.

Analysis

Egypt recorded 0.8% for female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 42.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 in Egypt peaked at 0.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1998.

That places Egypt 67th out of 92 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 25-64 in Egypt, year by year

Annual values for Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 (% of employed female population aged 25-64) in Egypt, 1988 to 2019.
Year % of employed female population aged 25-64 Change
1988 0.4%
1998 0.4% -5.6%
2005 0.4% +11.6%
2007 0.5% +35.2%
2008 0.6% +3.1%
2009 0.6% -0.2%
2010 0.6% +5.8%
2011 0.6% -0.5%
2012 0.6% +10.0%
2013 0.6% -6.7%
2014 0.6% -0.5%
2015 0.7% +13.9%
2016 0.7% -2.5%
2017 0.7% +4.4%
2018 0.8% +13.2%
2019 0.8% +0.6%

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)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1
1990s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1
2000s 0.5% 0.4% 0.6% 4
2010s 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 10

Countries ranked near Egypt

  1. 64 Romania 0.8% compare
  2. 65 Kyrgyzstan 0.8% compare
  3. 66 Mongolia 0.8% compare
  4. 68 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.8% compare
  5. 69 China 0.8% compare
  6. 70 Türkiye 0.8% compare

See the full ranking of 92 places →

More reference data data for Egypt

All data for Egypt →

Frequently asked questions

What is female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 in Egypt?
Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 in Egypt was 0.8% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2019.
What is the lowest female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1998.
How does Egypt rank for female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64?
Egypt ranks 67th out of 92 countries with data for 2019.
Is female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 42.1%. 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 25-64 (% of employed female population aged 25-64). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 16 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 in Egypt. Statizoid. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/female-in-non-agricultural-employment-aged-25-64-percent-of-employed-female-population/egypt-arab-rep/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/female-in-non-agricultural-employment-aged-25-64-percent-of-employed-female-population/egypt-arab-rep/">Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 in Egypt</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Female in non-agricultural employment, aged 25-64 (% of employed female population aged 25-64)
Unit
% of employed female population aged 25-64
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
92 places, 1,282 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed