CAIRO: Egypt’s unemployment rate decreased by 0.5 percent during 2021, to reach 7.4 percent, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. During 2021, its labor force increased by 3.2 percent year-on-year, reaching 29.3 million individuals, compared to 28.458 million individuals in 2020. Unemployment decreased by 3.9 percent, reaching 2.17 million in 2021, compared to 2.259 million in 2020. The unemployment rate among males was 5.6 percent in 2021, compared to 6 percent in 2020, while the unemployment rate among females was 16 percent, compared to 17.7 percent the year earlier. Among people between the ages 15-29, the unemployment rate remained unchanged from 2020, at 15 percent.