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

Egypt: Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below was 0.6% in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.6%
Change on year
up 7.8%
World rank
52nd
of 88 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2019
All-time low
0.6%
in 2015
Years of data
16
1988–2019

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

00.20.40.61988200320191988: 0.592 % of workers with low education in the service sector1998: 0.624 % of workers with low education in the service sector2005: 0.613 % of workers with low education in the service sector2007: 0.605 % of workers with low education in the service sector2008: 0.626 % of workers with low education in the service sector2009: 0.627 % of workers with low education in the service sector2010: 0.614 % of workers with low education in the service sector2011: 0.617 % of workers with low education in the service sector2012: 0.602 % of workers with low education in the service sector2013: 0.598 % of workers with low education in the service sector2014: 0.587 % of workers with low education in the service sector2015: 0.583 % of workers with low education in the service sector2016: 0.629 % of workers with low education in the service sector2017: 0.599 % of workers with low education in the service sector2018: 0.586 % of workers with low education in the service sector2019: 0.632 % of workers with low education in the service sector

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

Analysis

Egypt recorded 0.6% for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of up 7.8% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Egypt peaked at 0.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2015.

Egypt ranks 52nd of 88 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of workers with low education in the service sector) in Egypt, 1988 to 2019.
Year % of workers with low education in the service sector Change
1988 0.6%
1998 0.6% +5.3%
2005 0.6% -1.7%
2007 0.6% -1.4%
2008 0.6% +3.5%
2009 0.6% +0.1%
2010 0.6% -2.0%
2011 0.6% +0.4%
2012 0.6% -2.4%
2013 0.6% -0.6%
2014 0.6% -1.8%
2015 0.6% -0.8%
2016 0.6% +8.0%
2017 0.6% -4.8%
2018 0.6% -2.3%
2019 0.6% +7.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 1
1990s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 1
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 4
2010s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 10

Countries ranked near Egypt

  1. 49 Tunisia 0.6% compare
  2. 50 Greece 0.6% compare
  3. 51 Uruguay 0.6% compare
  4. 53 Georgia 0.6% compare
  5. 54 Jamaica 0.6% compare
  6. 55 Philippines 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Egypt?
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below in Egypt was 0.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2019.
What is the lowest wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2015.
How does Egypt rank for wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below?
Egypt ranks 52nd out of 88 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Egypt data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of workers with low education in the service sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in services, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of workers with low education in the service sector)
Unit
% of workers with low education in the service sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
88 places, 1,186 data points, 1970–2021
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