Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Egypt
Egypt: Self-employed, female (% of female employment) was 30.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Egypt, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Egypt recorded 30.3% for self-employed, female (% of female employment) in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Egypt peaked at 42.3% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 29.5%, in 2012.
Egypt ranks 97th 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.
Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 42.3% | — |
| 1992 | 41.4% | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 42.0% | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 41.6% | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 40.5% | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 39.0% | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 37.8% | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 35.5% | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 33.6% | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 34.5% | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 29.9% | -13.4% |
| 2002 | 32.2% | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 36.0% | +11.8% |
| 2004 | 42.1% | +16.8% |
| 2005 | 37.9% | -9.9% |
| 2006 | 36.4% | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 39.8% | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 39.6% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 37.7% | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 32.4% | -13.9% |
| 2011 | 33.1% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 29.5% | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 34.3% | +16.2% |
| 2014 | 34.8% | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 35.5% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 35.1% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 38.1% | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 37.2% | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 34.9% | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 31.3% | -10.3% |
| 2021 | 33.4% | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 31.1% | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 31.2% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 30.7% | -1.7% |
| 2025 | 30.3% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39.3% | 33.6% | 42.3% | 9 |
| 2000s | 36.6% | 29.9% | 42.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.5% | 29.5% | 38.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.3% | 30.3% | 33.4% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Egypt?
- Self-employed, female (% of female employment) in Egypt was 30.3% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest self-employed, female (% of female employment) recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 42.3% in 1991.
- What is the lowest self-employed, female (% of female employment) recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.5% in 2012.
- How does Egypt rank for self-employed, female (% of female employment)?
- Egypt ranks 97th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, female (% of female employment) rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.6%. 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 Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers.