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Egypt, Arab Rep. — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Egypt, Arab Rep., 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
44.57%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -4.5% since 1990
Labor participation for Egypt, Arab Rep. was 44.57% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 49.37% in 2010. The lowest was 41.62% in 2020 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.13% per year.
Egypt, Arab Rep. ranks 168 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 90%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 44.99%, so Egypt, Arab Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 10% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
44.57%
First (1990)
46.68%
Change
-4.5%
Highest
49.37%
in 2010
Lowest
41.62%
in 2020
Average
46.14%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.13%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.57% |
| 2024 | 44.6% |
| 2023 | 44.67% |
| 2022 | 42.84% |
| 2021 | 42.99% |
| 2020 | 41.62% |
| 2019 | 42.2% |
| 2018 | 43.3% |
| 2017 | 44.95% |
| 2016 | 46.63% |
| 2015 | 46.98% |
| 2014 | 48.12% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.