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Young woman worker in Egypt
Young woman worker in Egypt © ILO

Egypt joined the ILO on 19 June 1936. The ILO supports government, workers' and employers' organizations in Egypt in the application of Egypt’s Sustainable Development Strategy: Egypt’s vision 2030. The organization's office in Cairo was established in 1959. More about the ILO Office in Cairo.

Egypt: Labour market indicators

Egypt: Labour market indicators

Labour market statistics from ILO Statistics Database

Latest news and stories

Egypt joins international efforts to protect seafarers’ rights
Ratification ceremony of the MLC, 2006 on 6 June 2024: H.E. Hassan Shehata, Labour Minister of Egypt, and Gilbert F. Houngbo, Director-General of the ILO

Egypt joins international efforts to protect seafarers’ rights

Promoting inclusion and decent work in digital jobs in the Middle East and Africa
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Promoting inclusion and decent work in digital jobs in the Middle East and Africa

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Workers on a construction site at the Airport Tower
Development cooperation dashboard

Development cooperation dashboard

ILO programme areas in Egypt

Projects and programmes

THAMM Plus (EU Support to Legal Migration, Mobility, and Skills Partnership with North African countries)

THAMM Plus (EU Support to Legal Migration, Mobility, and Skills Partnership with North African countries)

Together to Develop the Youth in Damietta

Together to Develop the Youth in Damietta

Publications

Informality and Structural Transformation in Egypt, Iraq and Jordan

Informality and Structural Transformation in Egypt, Iraq and Jordan

Guidance on leveraging sustainability pathways to accelerate formalization

SOLIFEM

Guidance on leveraging sustainability pathways to accelerate formalization

Events

Investment and Employment

METI Programme

Investment and Employment

ILO partners in Egypt

Contact

Decent Work Team (DWT) Cairo Office for North Africa and ILO Country office for Egypt and Eritrea

Tel : +202.27369290, +202.27350123
Fax : +202.27360889, +202.27362358
Email : cairo@ilo.org

9, Dr. Taha Hussein st., Zamalek, Cairo 11211, Egypt