ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO in Egypt
Egypt: ILO - ILO Modelled Estimates — Employment in agriculture - ILO was 5,898 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
Egypt recorded 5,898 1000 No for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo in Egypt peaked at 7,941 1000 No in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5,392 1000 No, in 2002.
Egypt ranks 20th of 175 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 | 5,991 1000 No | — |
| 1992 | 6,166 1000 No | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 5,816 1000 No | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 6,083 1000 No | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 5,920 1000 No | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 5,669 1000 No | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 5,804 1000 No | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 5,630 1000 No | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 5,785 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 5,920 1000 No | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 5,695 1000 No | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 5,392 1000 No | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 6,084 1000 No | +12.8% |
| 2004 | 6,845 1000 No | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 6,919 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 7,347 1000 No | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 7,941 1000 No | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 7,860 1000 No | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 7,589 1000 No | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 7,548 1000 No | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 7,613 1000 No | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 7,107 1000 No | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 7,449 1000 No | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 7,457 1000 No | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 6,970 1000 No | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 6,991 1000 No | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 6,792 1000 No | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 5,904 1000 No | -13.1% |
| 2019 | 5,863 1000 No | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 5,676 1000 No | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 5,689 1000 No | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 5,732 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 5,895 1000 No | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 5,920 1000 No | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 5,898 1000 No | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,874 1000 No | 5,630 1000 No | 6,166 1000 No | 9 |
| 2000s | 6,759 1000 No | 5,392 1000 No | 7,941 1000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,969 1000 No | 5,863 1000 No | 7,613 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,802 1000 No | 5,676 1000 No | 5,920 1000 No | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
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 5,898 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 7,941 1000 No in 2007.
- What is the lowest ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,392 1000 No in 2002.
- How does Egypt rank for ilo - ilo modelled estimates — employment in agriculture - ilo?
- Egypt ranks 20th 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 down 15.4%. 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 — 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.