Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Egypt
Egypt: Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) was 300.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Egypt, 1991–2025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.
Analysis
In 2025, ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Egypt stood at 300.5%.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 136.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Egypt peaked at 402.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 126.9%, in 2015.
That places Egypt 4th out of 187 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 226.2% | — |
| 1992 | 175.5% | -22.4% |
| 1993 | 198.6% | +13.2% |
| 1994 | 208.5% | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 218.2% | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 197.3% | -9.6% |
| 1997 | 252.3% | +27.9% |
| 1998 | 263.2% | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 258.7% | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 290.5% | +12.3% |
| 2001 | 246.9% | -15.0% |
| 2002 | 175.4% | -28.9% |
| 2003 | 158.7% | -9.5% |
| 2004 | 255.3% | +60.9% |
| 2005 | 213.7% | -16.3% |
| 2006 | 247.9% | +16.0% |
| 2007 | 256.6% | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 290.5% | +13.2% |
| 2009 | 328.8% | +13.2% |
| 2010 | 363.6% | +10.6% |
| 2011 | 227.5% | -37.4% |
| 2012 | 192.8% | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 171.1% | -11.2% |
| 2014 | 166.7% | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 126.9% | -23.9% |
| 2016 | 133.7% | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 138.0% | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 295.4% | +114.1% |
| 2019 | 402.6% | +36.3% |
| 2020 | 351.8% | -12.6% |
| 2021 | 327.1% | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 298.4% | -8.8% |
| 2023 | 304.7% | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 304.1% | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 300.5% | -1.2% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 300.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 113.1%, 2.7× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 300.5% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 169.7%, 1.8× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +114.1% | 138.0% | 295.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 222.0% | 175.5% | 263.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 246.4% | 158.7% | 328.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 221.8% | 126.9% | 402.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 314.4% | 298.4% | 351.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
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 ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Egypt?
- Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) in Egypt was 300.5% in 2025, according to World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/.
- What is the highest ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 402.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 126.9% in 2015.
- How does Egypt rank for ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24)?
- Egypt ranks 4th out of 187 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 136.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, World Development Indicators database. Estimates are based on data obtained from International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT at https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/, published as part of Ratio of female to male youth unemployment rate (% ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Ratio of female to male youth unemployment is the percentage of female to male youth unemployment rates.