Unemployment rate: Egypt
6.781% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.781 |
| 2024 | 6.817 |
| 2023 | 6.753 |
| 2022 | 6.546 |
| 2021 | 7.441 |
| 2020 | 7.974 |
| 2019 | 7.851 |
| 2018 | 9.855 |
| 2017 | 11.767 |
| 2016 | 12.45 |
| 2015 | 13.052 |
| 2014 | 13.105 |
| 2013 | 13.154 |
| 2012 | 12.597 |
| 2011 | 11.849 |
| 2010 | 8.757 |
| 2009 | 9.087 |
| 2008 | 8.517 |
| 2007 | 8.8 |
| 2006 | 10.49 |
| 2005 | 11.049 |
| 2004 | 10.32 |
| 2003 | 10.91 |
| 2002 | 10.01 |
| 2001 | 9.26 |
| 2000 | 8.98 |
| 1999 | 7.95 |
| 1998 | 8.03 |
| 1997 | 8.37 |
| 1996 | 9 |
| 1995 | 11.04 |
| 1994 | 10.93 |
| 1993 | 10.92 |
| 1992 | 8.92 |
| 1991 | 9.38 |