Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Egypt

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

Latest (2019)
0.7%
Change on year
up 4.1%
World rank
44th
of 91 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2019
All-time low
0.4%
in 1988
Years of data
16
1988–2019

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

00.20.40.61988200320191988: 0.361 % of rural employed population in working age1998: 0.426 % of rural employed population in working age2005: 0.411 % of rural employed population in working age2007: 0.491 % of rural employed population in working age2008: 0.516 % of rural employed population in working age2009: 0.523 % of rural employed population in working age2010: 0.547 % of rural employed population in working age2011: 0.541 % of rural employed population in working age2012: 0.556 % of rural employed population in working age2013: 0.544 % of rural employed population in working age2014: 0.542 % of rural employed population in working age2015: 0.562 % of rural employed population in working age2016: 0.654 % of rural employed population in working age2017: 0.625 % of rural employed population in working age2018: 0.64 % of rural employed population in working age2019: 0.666 % of rural employed population in working age

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Egypt is 0.7%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

The figure is up 4.1% on the previous year and up 27.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Egypt peaked at 0.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1988.

Egypt ranks 44th of 91 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 workers, aged 15-64, rural in Egypt, year by year

Annual values for Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age) in Egypt, 1988 to 2019.
Year % of rural employed population in working age Change
1988 0.4%
1998 0.4% +17.8%
2005 0.4% -3.6%
2007 0.5% +19.6%
2008 0.5% +5.0%
2009 0.5% +1.4%
2010 0.5% +4.5%
2011 0.5% -1.2%
2012 0.6% +2.8%
2013 0.5% -2.2%
2014 0.5% -0.2%
2015 0.6% +3.5%
2016 0.7% +16.5%
2017 0.6% -4.5%
2018 0.6% +2.4%
2019 0.7% +4.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1
1990s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1
2000s 0.5% 0.4% 0.5% 4
2010s 0.6% 0.5% 0.7% 10

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  4. 45 Republic of Korea 0.7% compare
  5. 46 Kazakhstan 0.7% compare
  6. 47 Belize 0.6% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Egypt?
Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural in Egypt was 0.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage workers, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Egypt?
The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2019.
What is the lowest wage workers, aged 15-64, rural recorded in Egypt?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1988.
How does Egypt rank for wage workers, aged 15-64, rural?
Egypt ranks 44th out of 91 countries with data for 2019.
Is wage workers, aged 15-64, rural rising or falling in Egypt?
Over the last ten years it is up 27.3%. 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, rural (% of rural employed population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage workers, aged 15-64, rural (% of rural employed population in working age)
Unit
% of rural employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
91 places, 1,284 data points, 1970–2021
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