Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown in Egypt
Egypt: Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown was 61.3% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown in Egypt, 2008–2017
Source: UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 61.3% for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in 2017. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.1% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Egypt peaked at 61.3% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 51.3%, in 2012.
Egypt ranks 13th of 27 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 55.9% | — |
| 2009 | 56.5% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 56.9% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 55.6% | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 51.3% | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 56.3% | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 58.2% | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 57.2% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 61.3% | +7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56.2% | 55.9% | 56.5% | 2 |
| 2010s | 56.7% | 51.3% | 61.3% | 7 |
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 informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Egypt?
- Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Egypt was 61.3% in 2017, according to UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/.
- What is the highest informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 61.3% in 2017.
- What is the lowest informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.3% in 2012.
- How does Egypt rank for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown?
- Egypt ranks 13th out of 27 countries with data for 2017.
- Is informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/, published as part of Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown - Female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This indicator presents the share of employment that had no-breakdown as either non-agricultural or agricultural (female), which is classified as informal employment in the total economy. Data is taken from the United Nations Sustainable Goals, representing Indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex.