Proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th in Egypt
Egypt: Proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th was 22.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th in Egypt, 2009–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 22.3% for proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th in 2024. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 213.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th in Egypt peaked at 22.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.4%, in 2017.
Egypt ranks 91st of 102 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 14.0% | — |
| 2010 | 13.9% | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 13.5% | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 9.7% | -28.0% |
| 2013 | 7.1% | -26.8% |
| 2015 | 6.4% | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 6.4% | -10.4% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | +15.4% |
| 2019 | 7.1% | -3.5% |
| 2020 | 20.7% | +192.1% |
| 2021 | 20.5% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 22.2% | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 21.1% | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 22.3% | +5.6% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 22.3% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 23.0%, 97% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 22.3% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 22.9%, 97% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th in Egypt changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +192.1% | 7.1% | 20.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.0% | 14.0% | 14.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 8.7% | 6.4% | 13.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 21.4% | 20.5% | 22.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 88 Sri Lanka 22.5% compare
- 89 Timor-Leste 22.4% compare
- 89 Timor-Leste 22.4% compare
- 92 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 22.3% compare
- 93 Angola 22.0% compare
- 94 Türkiye 21.4% compare
- 94 Türkiye 21.4% compare
More gender data for Egypt
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 36,649 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.6533 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 90,490 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 90,490 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.27 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 1.18 million (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 1.24 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 1.17 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 1.23 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 1.15 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th in Egypt?
- Proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th in Egypt was 22.3% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 22.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.4% in 2017.
- How does Egypt rank for proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th?
- Egypt ranks 91st out of 102 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 213.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of women in senior and middle management positions - 13th ICLS (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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