Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Egypt

Employment in services in Egypt in 2025 — 53.1%. Ranked 109 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 14.7 pp.

2025 53.1% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 109of 182
Period maximum 53.1%2025
Period minimum 38.4%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Egypt, 1991–2025354045505519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 38.4%1992: 38.8%1993: 41.6%1994: 41.9%1995: 42.6%1996: 43.6%1997: 44.8%1998: 46.5%1999: 47.2%2000: 47.6%2001: 48.7%2002: 50.4%2003: 48.9%2004: 46.8%2005: 46.1%2006: 45.2%2007: 44.7%2008: 45%2009: 45.9%2010: 45.9%2011: 46.8%2012: 47.7%2013: 47.5%2014: 47.6%2015: 48.7%2016: 48.9%2017: 48.4%2018: 51.5%2019: 50.2%2020: 51.1%2021: 52.4%2022: 52.4%2023: 52.5%2024: 52.8%2025: 53.1%
Change over the period: +14.7 pp Annual average: 0.43 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Egypt

Egypt 53.1%
World 50.6%
Northern Africa computed 54%
Employment in services — Egypt, by year Egypt All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 53.1 +0.3 pp
2024 52.8 +0.3 pp
2023 52.5 +0.1 pp
2022 52.4 +0.1 pp
2021 52.4 +1.2 pp
2020 51.1 +0.9 pp
2019 50.2 −1.2 pp
2018 51.5 +3.1 pp
2017 48.4 −0.5 pp
2016 48.9 +0.2 pp
2015 48.7 +1.1 pp
2014 47.6 +0.1 pp
2013 47.5 −0.2 pp
2012 47.7 +0.9 pp
2011 46.8 +0.9 pp
2010 45.9 +0 pp
2009 45.9 +0.9 pp
2008 45 +0.3 pp
2007 44.7 −0.6 pp
2006 45.2 −0.9 pp
2005 46.1 −0.6 pp
2004 46.8 −2.2 pp
2003 48.9 −1.5 pp
2002 50.4 +1.7 pp
2001 48.7 +1.1 pp
2000 47.6 +0.4 pp
1999 47.2 +0.8 pp
1998 46.5 +1.6 pp
1997 44.8 +1.2 pp
1996 43.6 +1 pp
1995 42.6 +0.8 pp
1994 41.9 +0.3 pp
1993 41.6 +2.8 pp
1992 38.8 +0.4 pp
1991 38.4

Northern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.