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Egypt, Arab Rep. — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Egypt, Arab Rep., 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
6.78%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -27.7% since 1991
Unemployment for Egypt, Arab Rep. was 6.78% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 13.15% in 2013. The lowest was 6.55% in 2022 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.95% per year.
Egypt, Arab Rep. ranks 65 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 35%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 9.00%, so Egypt, Arab Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 2013 and has fallen 48% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 48%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
6.78%
First (1991)
9.38%
Change
-27.7%
Highest
13.15%
in 2013
Lowest
6.55%
in 2022
Average
9.68%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.95%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.78% |
| 2024 | 6.82% |
| 2023 | 6.75% |
| 2022 | 6.55% |
| 2021 | 7.44% |
| 2020 | 7.97% |
| 2019 | 7.85% |
| 2018 | 9.86% |
| 2017 | 11.77% |
| 2016 | 12.45% |
| 2015 | 13.05% |
| 2014 | 13.11% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.