Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in Egypt
Egypt: Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male was 0.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in Egypt, 1988–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in % of male employed youth aged 15-24.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 0.7% for youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in Egypt peaked at 0.7% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1988.
That places Egypt 59th out of 90 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.
Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of male employed youth aged 15-24 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 0.5% | — |
| 1998 | 0.7% | +37.2% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | -7.9% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -18.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | +10.4% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +9.6% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +1.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 0.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6%, 1.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 0.7% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.9%, 81% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +37.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 56 Dominican Republic 0.7% compare
- 57 Bangladesh 0.7% compare
- 58 Indonesia 0.7% compare
- 60 Philippines 0.7% compare
- 61 Armenia 0.7% compare
- 62 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% compare
More reference data data for Egypt
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2851 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 16.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.2 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 16.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.956 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4622 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 25.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 71.76 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 6.55 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in Egypt?
- Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male in Egypt was 0.7% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2016.
- What is the lowest youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1988.
- How does Egypt rank for youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male?
- Egypt ranks 59th out of 90 countries with data for 2019.
- Is youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. 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 Youth in non-agricultural wage employment, aged 15-24, male (% of male employed youth aged 15-24). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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