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Unemployment rate in Egypt

How hard is it to have a job there?

Egypt's unemployment rate is 6.78 % — #84 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

6.78%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Egypt over time

13.15 %9.85 %6.55 %13.15 % · 20136.55 % · 20222000: 8.98 %2001: 9.26 %2002: 10.01 %2003: 10.91 %2004: 10.32 %2005: 11.05 %2006: 10.49 %2007: 8.80 %2008: 8.52 %2009: 9.09 %2010: 8.76 %2011: 11.85 %2012: 12.60 %2013: 13.15 %2014: 13.11 %2015: 13.05 %2016: 12.45 %2017: 11.77 %2018: 9.86 %2019: 7.85 %2020: 7.97 %2021: 7.44 %2022: 6.55 %2023: 6.75 %2024: 6.82 %2025: 6.78 %2000201220256.78 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#84 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
32 %
40 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.04 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
6.37 pp
peak 13.15 % in 2013
Full series
▼ 2.20 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #11 of 21vs median 5.25 %: +1.53 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Egypt: ahead of 32 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentEgypt 6.78 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Egypt is ahead of 32 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Egypt
82 Mozambique6.63 %−0.15 pp
83 Lithuania6.73 %−0.05 pp
84 Egypt6.78 %—
85 Costa Rica6.84 %+0.06 pp
86 Canada6.91 %+0.13 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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