Egypt Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Egypt decreased to 8.90 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 10 percent in the third quarter of 2018. Unemployment Rate in Egypt averaged 10.87 percent from 1993 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 13.40 percent in the third quarter of 2013 and a record low of 8.10 percent in the second quarter of 1999.

Unemployment Rate in Egypt is expected to be 9.10 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Egypt to stand at 8.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Egypt Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 5.60 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-05-15	02:20 PM	Unemployment Rate	10.60%	11.30%	11.1%
2018-08-16	04:15 PM	Unemployment Rate	9.9%	10.6%
2018-11-20	09:40 AM	Unemployment Rate	10%	9.9%	9.5%
2019-02-06	11:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	8.9%	10%	9.10%
2019-05-15	02:20 PM	Unemployment Rate		8.9%	9.10%
2019-08-16	04:15 PM	Unemployment Rate			8.50%
2019-11-20	09:40 AM	Unemployment Rate			7.90%

Egypt Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	8.90	10.00	13.40	8.10	percent	[+]
Unemployed Persons	2920.00	2875.00	3695.00	2022.00	Thousand	[+]
Minimum Wages	1200.00	1200.00	1200.00	35.00	EGP/Month	[+]
Population	96.20	94.20	96.20	27.00	Million	[+]
Wages High Skilled	3640.00	1700.00	3640.00	1700.00	EGP/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	2200.00	1270.00	2200.00	1270.00	EGP/Month	[+]
Living Wage Family	2710.00	2460.00	2710.00	2460.00	EGP/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1150.00	990.00	1150.00	990.00	EGP/Month	[+]
Employed Persons	26295.00	26161.00	26295.00	18284.00	Thousand	[+]

In Egypt, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Egypt Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Egypt Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	8.90	10.00	13.40	8.10	1993 - 2018	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.10	Dec/18	27.5	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.45	Dec/18	14.55	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	13.50	Dec/18	12.3	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	12.00	Jan/19	11.6	13.7 : 6.2	%
Italy	10.50	Jan/19	10.4	13.1 : 5.8	%
Argentina	9.10	Dec/18	9	20.8 : 5.9	%
France	8.80	Dec/18	9.1	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.80	Jan/19	7.8	12.1 : 7.3	%
India	6.10	Dec/18	3.52	8.3 : 3.41	%
Saudi Arabia	6.00	Sep/18	6	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.80	Feb/19	5.8	13.1 : 2.9	%
Indonesia	5.34	Sep/18	5.13	11.24 : 2	%
Australia	4.90	Feb/19	5	11.2 : 4	%
Russia	4.90	Feb/19	4.9	14.1 : 4.5	%
United Kingdom	3.90	Jan/19	4	12 : 3.4	%
China	3.80	Dec/18	3.82	4.3 : 3.8	%
United States	3.80	Feb/19	4	10.8 : 2.5	%
South Korea	3.70	Feb/19	4.4	7.1 : 3	%
Mexico	3.60	Jan/19	3.4	6.42 : 2.22	%
Netherlands	3.40	Feb/19	3.6	7.9 : 3.4	%
Germany	3.20	Jan/19	3.3	11.5 : 0.4	%
Switzerland	2.70	Feb/19	2.8	5.7 : 1.5	%
Japan	2.50	Jan/19	2.4	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.20	Dec/18	2.1	6 : 1.4	%