Egypt vs North America: Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)
Egypt
16.1%
in 2025
North America
0.1%
in 2025
Egypt rank
45th
North America rank
47th
Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) over time
- Egypt
- North America
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 16.1% against 0.1% in North America, a difference of 16.0%.
That makes Egypt's figure about 132.1 times North America's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 45th and North America ranks 47th of 187 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.6% | 0.3% | 24.4% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 23.0% | 0.2% | 22.9% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 22.6% | 0.1% | 22.5% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 17.8% | 0.1% | 17.7% | 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 North America?
- Egypt, at 16.1% against 0.1% in North America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) between Egypt and North America?
- 16.0%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and North America?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Egypt and North America rank globally for contributing family workers, female (% of female employment)?
- Egypt ranks 45th and North America ranks 47th 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.