Unemployment rate,Percent in Egypt
Egypt: Unemployment rate,Percent was 6.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
6.2%
Change on year
down 5.2%
World rank
25th
of 71 countries
All-time high
13.3%
in 2013
All-time low
6.2%
in 2025
Years of data
23
2003–2025
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.
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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