Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Egypt
Egypt: Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) was 4.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Egypt, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Egypt recorded 4.7% for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 39.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Egypt peaked at 10.0% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 2022.
Egypt ranks 78th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 10.0% | — |
| 1992 | 9.9% | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 9.8% | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 9.4% | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 8.8% | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 8.6% | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 8.4% | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 7.7% | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 6.9% | -10.1% |
| 2000 | 7.1% | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 4.8% | -31.5% |
| 2002 | 6.0% | +23.6% |
| 2003 | 7.7% | +29.1% |
| 2004 | 9.5% | +23.3% |
| 2005 | 8.5% | -10.4% |
| 2006 | 8.7% | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 9.6% | +10.8% |
| 2008 | 9.3% | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 8.4% | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 6.0% | -27.9% |
| 2011 | 6.1% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 4.9% | -19.0% |
| 2013 | 6.6% | +33.5% |
| 2014 | 7.0% | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 7.8% | +11.7% |
| 2016 | 7.7% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 8.7% | +12.8% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | -16.5% |
| 2019 | 6.4% | -12.2% |
| 2020 | 5.2% | -18.7% |
| 2021 | 5.2% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 4.5% | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 5.0% | +12.9% |
| 2024 | 4.9% | -3.4% |
| 2025 | 4.7% | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8.8% | 6.9% | 10.0% | 9 |
| 2000s | 8.0% | 4.8% | 9.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.9% | 4.9% | 8.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.9% | 4.5% | 5.2% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Egypt?
- Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) in Egypt was 4.7% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 10.0% in 1991.
- What is the lowest contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 2022.
- How does Egypt rank for contributing family workers, total (% of total employment)?
- Egypt ranks 78th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.