Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Egypt
Egypt: Part time employment, total (% of total employment) was 15.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Part time employment, total in Egypt, 2008–2024
Source: Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO). Measured in % of total employment.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 15.4% for part time employment, total in 2024.
That represents a change of up 13.8% on the previous year and up 107.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, part time employment, total in Egypt peaked at 22.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.8%, in 2015.
Egypt ranks 88th of 115 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Part time employment, total (% of total employment) in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of total employment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 10.3% | — |
| 2009 | 9.1% | -11.7% |
| 2010 | 8.9% | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 9.3% | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 8.1% | -13.1% |
| 2013 | 7.4% | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 6.8% | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 14.2% | +109.1% |
| 2017 | 13.7% | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 7.0% | -49.0% |
| 2019 | 9.4% | +34.7% |
| 2020 | 22.8% | +142.1% |
| 2021 | 18.6% | -18.3% |
| 2022 | 12.3% | -34.2% |
| 2023 | 13.5% | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 15.4% | +13.8% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 15.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 26.2%, 59% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 15.4% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 16.6%, 93% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Part time employment, total (% of total employment) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +142.1% | 9.4% | 22.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.7% | 9.1% | 10.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 9.4% | 6.8% | 14.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 16.5% | 12.3% | 22.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More work & labour data for Egypt
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.0535 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.0709 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.0359 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3894 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.13 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 85,321 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 68,113 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 100,315 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 101,580 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 201,895 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is part time employment, total in Egypt?
- Part time employment, total in Egypt was 15.4% in 2024, according to Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest part time employment, total recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 22.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest part time employment, total recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8% in 2015.
- How does Egypt rank for part time employment, total?
- Egypt ranks 88th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is part time employment, total rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 107.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Wages and Working Time Statistics database (COND), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Part time employment, total (% of total employment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Part-time employment rate represents the percentage of employment that is part time. Part time employment in this series is based on a common definition of less than 35 actual weekly hours worked.