Work & Labour in Egypt 89 indicators covering work & labour for Egypt. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 9.9% 2025 down 53.8% 179th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 35.8% 2025 down 15.4% 138th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 44.6% 2025 down 5.1% 167th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 70.5% 2025 down 0.6% 87th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 26.2% 2025 down 18.6% 178th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 23.1% 2025 down 28.1% 175th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 19.9% 2025 down 18.7% 178th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 74.1% 2025 up 0.4% 125th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 47.4% 2025 down 4.2% 169th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 18.5% 2025 down 19.1% 178th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 73.8% 2025 up 3.5% 70th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 48.4% 2025 up 2.4% 113th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 73.7% 2025 up 36.0% 96th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 69.7% 2025 up 8.0% 90th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 29.4% 2025 up 16.0% 23rd Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 73.0% 2025 up 4.5% 78th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 16.1% 2025 down 35.3% 45th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 2.1% 2025 down 35.7% 94th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 4.7% 2025 down 39.4% 78th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 8.8% 2025 up 42.1% 110th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 34.1% 2025 up 12.2% 32nd Employment in services (% of total employment) 53.1% 2025 up 9.1% 111th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 27.0% 2025 down 10.5% 109th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 26.2% 2025 down 8.7% 117th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 30.3% 2025 down 14.6% 97th Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.0% 2025 down 71.0% 111th Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.5% 2025 down 72.1% 118th Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.0% 2025 down 60.7% 138th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 38.7% 2025 down 2.9% 18th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 12.9% 2025 down 59.0% 87th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 18.3% 2025 down 46.4% 62nd GDP per person employed 60,717 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 21.8% 69th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.9% 2024 down 54.6% 78th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.0% 2024 down 58.5% 105th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 11.9% 2024 down 50.4% 30th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 23.8% 2024 up 3.3% 183rd Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 71.0% 2024 down 2.2% 96th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 48.0% 2024 down 0.3% 176th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 14.5% 2024 down 19.9% 162nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 40.4% 2024 down 12.6% 110th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 33.6% 2024 up 5.6% 184th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 28.7% 2024 down 15.0% 144th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 15.3% 2024 down 52.7% 66th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 11.2% 2024 down 58.8% 88th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 29.0% 2024 down 40.2% 22nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 35.7% 2025 down 0.5% 34th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 14.4% 2025 down 27.2% 92nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 24.8% 2025 down 10.1% 53rd Productivity: output per hour worked 28.79 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 26.8% 62nd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 22.7% 2025 up 40.6% 115th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 6.1% 2025 down 52.9% 178th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 31.2% 2025 up 7.4% 127th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 18.9% 2025 down 10.7% 166th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 23.9% 2025 up 21.8% 105th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 15.6% 2025 down 9.0% 175th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 67.3% 2025 up 4.6% 79th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 41.5% 2025 up 1.7% 161st Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 29.3% 2025 down 10.9% 92nd Unemployment with basic education 3.4% 2024 down 70.4% 94th Unemployment with basic education, male 2.8% 2024 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