Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
Q1 2026
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
13.40 %on Mar 31, 2014
Lowest
6.00 %on Mar 31, 2026
Details
In Egypt, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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Frequently asked questions
To calculate Egypt unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Egypt unemployment rate is 6.00%.
The highest figure Egypt unemployment rate has ever reached is 13.40%.
Last quarter Egypt unemployment rate was 6.00%, and the quarter before it reached 6.20%.