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• The labor force in Egypt, estimated at 30.969 million in Q2 of 2023, has labor Force, Employed and Unemployed Force in Egypt
been among the most skilled workers in the Middle East for several
decades. Egypt is the main regional source of skilled workers in several Employed
sectors, such as communications and information technology sector, Unemployed 2.169 million
financial services, and tourism. Umemployed
• The efforts and measures taken by the state and the national projects
28.800 million 30.969
that are being implemented have succeeded to provide more job million
opportunities and increase employment rates, despite the negative Employed Labor
Force
effects of the crisis of the spread of COVID-19 and Russian-Ukrainian war
crises.
• The state takes many measures to achieve labor market efficiency with
Source: CAPMAS - Q2 2023
skilled and trained cadres experts of keeping pace with technological
developments in all sectors and economic fields, which encourages
major companies to set up their projects in Egypt and benefit from these Relative Distribution of Workers According in some of the
trained technical cadres. Economic Activities

18.8%
Agriculture & Fishing

14.1% 14.1%
Construction Wholesale &
Retail Trade

9.3% 13%
Transportation Manufacturing
and Storage
Source: CAPMAS – Q2 2023