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Egypt, Arab Rep.
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)

The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population ages 15 and older. The labor force is the sum of all persons of working age who are employed and those who are unemployed.

Global rank#175out of 182 countries
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Historical trend

23.321.119.016.814.6199020082025Egypt, Arab Rep. · 2025: 18Egypt, Arab Rep.

Analytical takeaways

  • Egypt, Arab Rep. records 18 for Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, ranking #175 globally out of 182 countries.
  • Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) declined from 22 in 1990 to 18 in 2025, a decrease of 4.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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