Share of care employment outside the formal sector in Egypt
Egypt: Share of care employment outside the formal sector was 23.48 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of care employment outside the formal sector in Egypt, 2009–2024
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 23.48 for share of care employment outside the formal sector in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 191.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of care employment outside the formal sector in Egypt peaked at 23.48 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.63, in 2009.
That places Egypt 27th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of care employment outside the formal sector in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5.63 | — |
| 2010 | 7.62 | +35.4% |
| 2011 | 7.48 | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 7.13 | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 8.06 | +13.1% |
| 2015 | 12.94 | +60.5% |
| 2016 | 12.59 | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 18.1 | +43.8% |
| 2019 | 13.11 | -27.6% |
| 2023 | 23.14 | +76.5% |
| 2024 | 23.48 | +1.4% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 23.48 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 36.29, 65% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.63 | 5.63 | 5.63 | 1 |
| 2010s | 10.88 | 7.13 | 18.1 | 8 |
| 2020s | 23.31 | 23.14 | 23.48 | 2 |
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 share of care employment outside the formal sector in Egypt?
- Share of care employment outside the formal sector in Egypt was 23.48 in 2024, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest share of care employment outside the formal sector recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 23.48 in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of care employment outside the formal sector recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.63 in 2009.
- How does Egypt rank for share of care employment outside the formal sector?
- Egypt ranks 27th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of care employment outside the formal sector rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 191.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Share of care employment outside the formal sector (previous ILO definition - ICLS13). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. This harmonized series for employment outside the formal sector is derived using the same set of criteria across countries to improve comparability. The criteria used are based on employment status, institutional sector, destination of production, bookkeeping, registration, social security contribution, places of work and size. For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.