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Browsing: Unemployment rate in Africa
In the first quarter of 2021, Egypt’s unemployment rate was at 7.4 per cent which marked a 0.1 decrease and a 2.3 per cent decrease during the same period in 2020.
According to CAPMAS, Egypt’s labour force in Q2 was estimated to be 29.115 million individuals in comparison to 29.284 million individuals in the first quarter which was a decrease of 0.6 per cent.
In urban areas, the labour force is estimated to be around 12.981 million persons while in rural areas it is estimated to be 16.134 million persons. The total number of females was recorded as 4.882 million individuals.
The unemployment rate in Egypt recorded 7.3 percent of the total labour force during the second quarter of 2021 according…