Unemployment rate,Percent in Egypt
Egypt: Unemployment rate,Percent was 6.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Unemployment rate,Percent in Egypt, 2003–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 6.2% for unemployment rate,percent in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 51.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment rate,percent in Egypt peaked at 13.3% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 6.2%, in 2025.
That places Egypt 25th out of 71 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Unemployment rate,Percent in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10.4% | — |
| 2004 | 10.8% | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 11.0% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 10.7% | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 9.0% | -15.9% |
| 2008 | 8.7% | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 9.4% | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 9.0% | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 12.0% | +33.5% |
| 2012 | 12.7% | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 13.3% | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 13.2% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 12.8% | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 12.5% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 11.8% | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 9.9% | -16.4% |
| 2019 | 7.9% | -20.3% |
| 2020 | 8.0% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 7.4% | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 7.2% | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 7.0% | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 6.6% | -6.1% |
| 2025 | 6.2% | -5.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 6.2% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.9%, 91% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 6.2% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6.6%, 95% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unemployment rate,Percent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +33.5% | 9.0% | 12.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.0% | 8.7% | 11.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 11.5% | 7.9% | 13.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.1% | 6.2% | 8.0% | 6 |
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 unemployment rate,percent in Egypt?
- Unemployment rate,percent in Egypt was 6.2% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 13.3% in 2013.
- What is the lowest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.2% in 2025.
- How does Egypt rank for unemployment rate,percent?
- Egypt ranks 25th out of 71 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment rate,percent rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Unemployment rate,Percent,,,. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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