{"id":660656,"date":"2025-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/02\/16\/egypts-unemployment-falls-during-4q-2024-to-6-4\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T00:00:00","slug":"egypts-unemployment-falls-during-4q-2024-to-6-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/02\/16\/egypts-unemployment-falls-during-4q-2024-to-6-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt\u2019s unemployment falls during 4Q 2024 to 6.4%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong> Unemployment dips in 4Q 2024: <\/strong>Egypt\u2019s unemployment rate fell to 6.4% in 4Q 2024, down 0.3 percentage points from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/96ca0d4e-dad6-433e-a33e-19ce066967f6\/egypt%e2%80%99s-unemployment-inches-up-during-3q-2024-to-6.7%25\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">previous quarter<\/a>, according to data from state statistics agency Capmas. Unemployment was down 0.5 percentage points from the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/c6917ee5-d671-4da3-8343-001eb83e356f\/%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253ewataniya%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253ecloses%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253ein%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253eon%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253ethree%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253efinal%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e-%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253eoffers%253cmark%253e%253c%2Fmark%253e\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">same period in 2023<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links <\/strong>to our background as well as external sources.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Labor force growth fueled the decline: <\/strong>The labor force expanded to 33.1 mn in 4Q 2024, marking a 2.8% increase from the previous quarter \u2014 an additional 935k individuals secured jobs while the number of those unemployed decreased by 29k.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Unemployment among women sees a drop: <\/strong>The jobless rate for women fell 1.6 percentage points from the previous quarter to 16.6% in 4Q 2024. Male unemployment also saw a slight decrease, dropping to 3.9% from 4.2% in the previous quarter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Unemployment among young people fell:<\/strong> Those aged 15-29 accounted for 64.6% of total unemployed individuals, down from 65.7% in 3Q 2024. Capmas doesn\u2019t provide an official rate of youth unemployment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Wage employment dominates the job market:<\/strong> Salaried workers made up 71% of the total amount of those employed, 20.6% are self-employed, 4.1% are business owners, and some 4.3% worked in family businesses without pay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Agriculture prevailed as the top employer: <\/strong>The agriculture and fishing sector employed 18.5% of those employed, the wholesale and retail sector came in second (16%), manufacturing followed with 13.3%, and construction with 12.9%. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>REMEMBER-<\/strong> The unemployment rate excludes working-age individuals who are not actively seeking jobs or unable to work. The labor force participation rate \u2014 which counts everyone aged 15-64 either in work or actively looking for work \u2014 came in at 45.5% in 4Q 2024 compared to 44.4% in the previous quarter and 43.1% in 4Q 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unemployment was down 0.5 percentage points from the same period in 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