Egypt vs Eritrea: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)
Egypt
16.1%
in 2025
Eritrea
17.1%
in 2025
Egypt rank
45th
Eritrea rank
42nd
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) over time
- Egypt
- Eritrea
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 17.1% against 16.1% in Egypt, a difference of 1.0%.
That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 45th and Eritrea ranks 42nd of 187 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Eritrea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.6% | 21.3% | 3.4% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 23.0% | 19.7% | 3.3% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 22.6% | 19.3% | 3.4% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 17.8% | 17.7% | 0.1% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contributing family workers, female (% of female employment), Egypt or Eritrea?
- Eritrea, at 17.1% against 16.1% in Egypt as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) between Egypt and Eritrea?
- 1.0%, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Eritrea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and Eritrea rank globally for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Egypt ranks 45th and Eritrea ranks 42nd of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Contributing family workers are those workers who hold "self-employment jobs" as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.