ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Egypt
Egypt: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 4,796 1000 No in 2025. ▲ Rising
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Egypt, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
In 2025, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Egypt stood at 4,796 1000 No.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Egypt peaked at 5,602 1000 No in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4,260 1000 No, in 1996.
Egypt ranks 17th of 175 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Egypt, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 4,357 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 4,380 1000 No | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 4,330 1000 No | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 4,490 1000 No | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 4,546 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 4,260 1000 No | -6.3% |
| 1997 | 4,439 1000 No | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 4,443 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 4,632 1000 No | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 4,520 1000 No | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 4,521 1000 No | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,487 1000 No | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 4,692 1000 No | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 5,132 1000 No | +9.4% |
| 2005 | 5,048 1000 No | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 5,477 1000 No | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 5,514 1000 No | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 5,602 1000 No | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 5,258 1000 No | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 5,303 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 5,366 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 5,160 1000 No | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 5,132 1000 No | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 5,046 1000 No | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 4,744 1000 No | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 4,731 1000 No | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 4,636 1000 No | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 4,827 1000 No | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 4,915 1000 No | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 4,824 1000 No | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 4,770 1000 No | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 4,882 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 4,744 1000 No | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 4,792 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 4,796 1000 No | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,431 1000 No | 4,260 1000 No | 4,632 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 5,025 1000 No | 4,487 1000 No | 5,602 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,986 1000 No | 4,636 1000 No | 5,366 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,801 1000 No | 4,744 1000 No | 4,882 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 14 Madagascar 5,978 1000 No compare
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- 16 Republic of Moldova 377.84 1000 No compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 153.76 1000 No compare
- 18 Mozambique 4,527 1000 No compare
- 18 Polynesia 19.26 1000 No compare
- 19 Niger 4,504 1000 No compare
- 20 Afghanistan 3,862 1000 No compare
- 20 Micronesia 0.93 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Egypt?
- Ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Egypt was 4,796 1000 No in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 5,602 1000 No in 2008.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,260 1000 No in 1996.
- How does Egypt rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Egypt ranks 17th out of 175 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO modelled estimates — Male — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database. In addition, the ILO modelled estimates and projections (ILOEST) are used to provide information on employment in agriculture. FAOSTAT also publishes indicators on employment in agrifood systems (AFS) from 2000 at the national, regional, and global levels, using a methodology developed by the FAO to estimate the number of people employed within these systems.