Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and in Egypt

Egypt: Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and was 0.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.4%
Change on year
up 10.5%
World rank
35th
of 83 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 2019
All-time low
0.1%
in 2005
Years of data
16
1988–2019

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and in Egypt, 1988–2019

0.10.20.30.41988200320191988: 0.163 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector1998: 0.136 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector2005: 0.11 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector2007: 0.188 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector2008: 0.198 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector2009: 0.181 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector2010: 0.204 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector2011: 0.204 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector2012: 0.21 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector2013: 0.199 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector2014: 0.202 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector2015: 0.238 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector2016: 0.396 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector2017: 0.374 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector2018: 0.392 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector2019: 0.433 % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector.

Analysis

Egypt recorded 0.4% for wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of up 10.5% on the previous year and up 139.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and in Egypt peaked at 0.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2005.

Egypt ranks 35th of 83 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.

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and in Egypt, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of workers with low education in the agricultural sector) in Egypt, 1988 to 2019.
Year % of workers with low education in the agricultural sector Change
1988 0.2%
1998 0.1% -16.6%
2005 0.1% -18.8%
2007 0.2% +70.4%
2008 0.2% +5.3%
2009 0.2% -8.7%
2010 0.2% +13.1%
2011 0.2% +0.0%
2012 0.2% +2.6%
2013 0.2% -5.1%
2014 0.2% +1.3%
2015 0.2% +18.1%
2016 0.4% +66.1%
2017 0.4% -5.4%
2018 0.4% +4.6%
2019 0.4% +10.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 1
1990s 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 1
2000s 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 4
2010s 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 10

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and in Egypt?
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and in Egypt was 0.4% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2019.
What is the lowest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2005.
How does Egypt rank for wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and?
Egypt ranks 35th out of 83 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 139.4%. 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 Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of workers with low education in the agricultural sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of workers with low education in the agricultural sector)
Unit
% of workers with low education in the agricultural sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
83 places, 1,125 data points, 1970–2021
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