Wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Egypt

Egypt: Wage workers, aged 15-64, male was 0.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.7%
Change on year
up 2.8%
World rank
52nd
of 106 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2019
All-time low
0.6%
in 2007
Years of data
16
1988–2019

Wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Egypt, 1988–2019

00.20.40.60.81988200320191988: 0.627 % of male employed population in working age1998: 0.705 % of male employed population in working age2005: 0.668 % of male employed population in working age2007: 0.614 % of male employed population in working age2008: 0.632 % of male employed population in working age2009: 0.642 % of male employed population in working age2010: 0.657 % of male employed population in working age2011: 0.643 % of male employed population in working age2012: 0.652 % of male employed population in working age2013: 0.646 % of male employed population in working age2014: 0.646 % of male employed population in working age2015: 0.663 % of male employed population in working age2016: 0.715 % of male employed population in working age2017: 0.704 % of male employed population in working age2018: 0.708 % of male employed population in working age2019: 0.727 % of male employed population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of male employed population in working age.

Analysis

Egypt recorded 0.7% for wage workers, aged 15-64, male in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Egypt peaked at 0.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2007.

That places Egypt 52nd out of 106 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Egypt, year by year

Annual values for Wage workers, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age) in Egypt, 1988 to 2019.
Year % of male employed population in working age Change
1988 0.6%
1998 0.7% +12.4%
2005 0.7% -5.4%
2007 0.6% -8.0%
2008 0.6% +3.0%
2009 0.6% +1.5%
2010 0.7% +2.4%
2011 0.6% -2.3%
2012 0.7% +1.5%
2013 0.6% -0.9%
2014 0.6% -0.1%
2015 0.7% +2.7%
2016 0.7% +7.8%
2017 0.7% -1.5%
2018 0.7% +0.5%
2019 0.7% +2.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 1
1990s 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 1
2000s 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% 4
2010s 0.7% 0.6% 0.7% 10

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  2. 50 Tunisia 0.7% compare
  3. 51 Trinidad and Tobago 0.7% compare
  4. 53 Serbia 0.7% compare
  5. 54 Argentina 0.7% compare
  6. 55 Mexico 0.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Egypt?
Wage workers, aged 15-64, male in Egypt was 0.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 15-64, male recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2019.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 15-64, male recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2007.
How does Egypt rank for wage workers, aged 15-64, male?
Egypt ranks 52nd out of 106 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage workers, aged 15-64, male rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. 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 workers, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, male (% of male employed population in working age)
Unit
% of male employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
106 places, 1,503 data points, 1970–2021
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