Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Egypt

Egypt: Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female was 0.6% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.6%
Change on year
up 4.4%
World rank
51st
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2019
All-time low
0.2%
in 1988
Years of data
16
1988–2019

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Egypt, 1988–2019

00.20.40.61988200320191988: 0.248 % of female employed population in working age1998: 0.257 % of female employed population in working age2005: 0.275 % of female employed population in working age2007: 0.463 % of female employed population in working age2008: 0.493 % of female employed population in working age2009: 0.49 % of female employed population in working age2010: 0.506 % of female employed population in working age2011: 0.514 % of female employed population in working age2012: 0.551 % of female employed population in working age2013: 0.508 % of female employed population in working age2014: 0.498 % of female employed population in working age2015: 0.503 % of female employed population in working age2016: 0.515 % of female employed population in working age2017: 0.509 % of female employed population in working age2018: 0.615 % of female employed population in working age2019: 0.642 % of female employed population in working age

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

Analysis

Egypt recorded 0.6% for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 31.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Egypt peaked at 0.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1988.

Egypt ranks 51st of 106 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Egypt, year by year

Annual values for Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age) in Egypt, 1988 to 2019.
Year % of female employed population in working age Change
1988 0.2%
1998 0.3% +3.7%
2005 0.3% +6.8%
2007 0.5% +68.7%
2008 0.5% +6.3%
2009 0.5% -0.5%
2010 0.5% +3.3%
2011 0.5% +1.5%
2012 0.6% +7.2%
2013 0.5% -7.8%
2014 0.5% -2.0%
2015 0.5% +1.0%
2016 0.5% +2.3%
2017 0.5% -1.1%
2018 0.6% +20.8%
2019 0.6% +4.4%

Egypt compared with similar countries

  • Egypt's 0.6% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 2.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Egypt's 0.6% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.7%, 94% of the median. (8 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female 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.

YearChange FromTo
2007 +68.7% 0.3% 0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 1
1990s 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% 1
2000s 0.4% 0.3% 0.5% 4
2010s 0.5% 0.5% 0.6% 10

Countries ranked near Egypt

  1. 48 Türkiye 0.7% compare
  2. 49 Jamaica 0.7% compare
  3. 50 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% compare
  4. 52 Sri Lanka 0.6% compare
  5. 53 Panama 0.6% compare
  6. 54 Armenia 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Egypt?
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female in Egypt was 0.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2019.
What is the lowest non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1988.
How does Egypt rank for non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female?
Egypt ranks 51st out of 106 countries with data for 2019.
Is non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 31.0%. 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 Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-64, female (% of female employed population in working age)
Unit
% of female employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
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