Employment in services in Egypt
53.1% of employed people in Egypt worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Egypt, 2025
53.1%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
109th of 182
Employment in services in Egypt over time
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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Egypt | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53.1% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 52.8% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 52.5% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 52.4% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 52.4% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 51.1% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 50.2% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 51.5% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 48.4% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 48.9% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 48.7% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 47.6% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 47.5% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 47.7% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 46.8% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 45.9% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 45.9% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 45.0% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 44.7% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 45.2% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 46.1% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 46.8% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 48.9% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 50.4% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 48.7% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 52.8% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 48.7%, the figure has changed by +4.4 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Egypt has the 109th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Egypt
All statistics for Egypt
Employment in agriculture
17.5%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
29.4%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
6.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
18.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
44.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
18.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT