Labor Force , Employment & Unemployment in Egypt
	No. :Thousands
	Item	Q.1	Q.2	Q.3	Q.4	Q.1	Q.2	Q.3	Q.4	Q.1	Q.2	Q.3	Q.4	Q.1
		31/3/2007	30/6/2007	30/9/2007	31/12/2007	31/3/2008	30/6/2008	30/09/2008	31/12/2008	31/03/2009	30/06/2009	30/09/2009	31/12/2009	31/03/2010
	Labor Force
	M	17812	18075	17902	18210	18640	19173	19370	19296	19123	19155	19322	19328	20013
	F	5525	5350	5635	6120	5550	5461	5437	5699	5908	5888	5882	5934	6172
	T	23337	23424.9	23537.2	24330	24189	24634	24807	24995	25031	25043	25204	25262	26185
	Working
	M	16724	17002	16828	17125	17589	18135	18242	18209	18130	18160	18305	18309	18981
	F	4506	4332	4614	4981	4412	4437	4444	4577	4555	4524	4541	4578	4818
	T	21230	21334	21442	22106	22001	22572	22686	22786	22685	22684	22846	22887	23799
	Not Working
	M	1088	1073	1074	1085	1051	1038	1128	1087	993	995	1017	1019	1032
	F	1019	1019	1021	1139	1138	1024	993	1122	1353	1364	1341	1356	1354
	T	2107	2092	2095	2224	2189	2062	2121	2209	2346	2359	2358	2375	2386
	Unemployed Rate
	M	6.11%	5.93%	6.00%	6.00%	5.63%	5.41%	5.82%	5.63%	5.19%	5.20%	5.26%	5.27%	5.16%
	F	18.45%	19.04%	18.12%	18.60%	20.50%	18.76%	18.27%	19.69%	22.90%	23.17%	22.80%	22.85%	21.95%
	T	9.03%	8.93%	8.90%	9.10%	9.04%	8.37%	8.55%	8.84%	9.37%	9.42%	9.36%	9.40%	9.12%
	Source : CAPMAS Quarterly Labor Force Sample Survey
	Note: Figures may not add up to totals because of rounding
	Figures do not include those working outside the country
	*Preliminary Data
				ANNUAL ESTIMATES OF LABOR STTUS , BY SEX  (2000 - 2008)
	No. : 00
	Item	year 2000	year 2001	year 2002	year 2003	year 2004	year 2005	year 2006	year 2007	year 2008*
	Labor Force
	Males	147018	152129	155339	158387	158790	167870	177671	181674	191200
	Females	41993	41266	43429	45209	49923	50046	5111	56917	55313
	Total	189011	193395	198768	203596	208713	217916	182782	238591	246513
	Employed
	Males	139585	143611	145507	146520	149365	155926	165593	170897	180417
	Females	32446	31955	33055	34669	37810	37491	38843	46342	44656
	Total	172031	175566	178562	181189	187175	193417	204436	217239	225073
	Unemployed
	Males	7435	8518	9832	11867	9426	11942	12077	10777	10784
	Females	9545	9312	10374	10540	12113	12555	12268	10575	10656
	Total	16980	17830	20206	22407	21539	24497	24345	21352	21440
	Unemployment rate%
	Males	5.06%	5.60%	6.33%	7.49%	5.94%	7.12%	6.80%	5.90%	5.60%
	Females	22.73%	22.57%	23.89%	23.31%	24.26%	25.09%	24.00%	18.60%	19.30%
	Total	8.98%	9.22%	10.17%	11.01%	10.32%	11.24%	10.60%	8.90%	8.70%