Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female in Egypt

Egypt: Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female was 0.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.9%
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
45th
of 90 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 2014
All-time low
0.4%
in 1988
Years of data
16
1988–2019

Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female in Egypt, 1988–2019

00.20.40.60.81988200320191988: 0.416 % of female workers in the industrial sector1998: 0.735 % of female workers in the industrial sector2005: 0.475 % of female workers in the industrial sector2007: 0.629 % of female workers in the industrial sector2008: 0.813 % of female workers in the industrial sector2009: 0.811 % of female workers in the industrial sector2010: 0.828 % of female workers in the industrial sector2011: 0.786 % of female workers in the industrial sector2012: 0.852 % of female workers in the industrial sector2013: 0.816 % of female workers in the industrial sector2014: 0.898 % of female workers in the industrial sector2015: 0.861 % of female workers in the industrial sector2016: 0.826 % of female workers in the industrial sector2017: 0.831 % of female workers in the industrial sector2018: 0.856 % of female workers in the industrial sector2019: 0.855 % of female workers in the industrial sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of female workers in the industrial sector.

Analysis

The most recent figure for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female in Egypt is 0.9%, measured in 2019.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female in Egypt peaked at 0.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1988.

Egypt ranks 45th of 90 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 industry, aged 15-64, female in Egypt, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female (% of female workers in the industrial sector) in Egypt, 1988 to 2019.
Year % of female workers in the industrial sector Change
1988 0.4%
1998 0.7% +76.8%
2005 0.5% -35.4%
2007 0.6% +32.5%
2008 0.8% +29.3%
2009 0.8% -0.3%
2010 0.8% +2.1%
2011 0.8% -5.0%
2012 0.9% +8.3%
2013 0.8% -4.2%
2014 0.9% +10.0%
2015 0.9% -4.1%
2016 0.8% -4.0%
2017 0.8% +0.6%
2018 0.9% +3.0%
2019 0.9% -0.1%

Egypt compared with similar countries

  • Egypt's 0.9% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5%, 1.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
  • Egypt's 0.9% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.9%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Wage employment in industry, 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
1998 +76.8% 0.4% 0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1
1990s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 1
2000s 0.7% 0.5% 0.8% 4
2010s 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 10

Countries ranked near Egypt

  1. 42 Kazakhstan 0.9% compare
  2. 43 South Africa 0.9% compare
  3. 44 Italy 0.9% compare
  4. 46 Georgia 0.9% compare
  5. 47 Tunisia 0.8% compare
  6. 48 Türkiye 0.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female in Egypt?
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female in Egypt was 0.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2014.
What is the lowest wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1988.
How does Egypt rank for wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female?
Egypt ranks 45th out of 90 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. 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 industry, aged 15-64, female (% of female workers in the industrial sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in industry, aged 15-64, female (% of female workers in the industrial sector)
Unit
% of female workers in the industrial sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 1,259 data points, 1970–2021
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