Egypt
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Egypt's official youth unemployment rate is around 20% — but the real picture is more complicated. A large portion of young Egyptians are "employed" in informal sector work: unregistered, unprotected, and paying a fraction of a formal wage. In a crowd of 2,000 young Egyptians, perhaps 400 have formal employment. The rest are navigating an economy that has never had enough formal sector capacity for its enormous youth population.
Egypt's Digital Leap
In a crowd of 2,000 Egyptians, 1,454 are online. A decade ago, fewer than half were. Egypt's digital transformation is one of Africa's fastest — but 546 remain disconnected.
Egypt's Rising Epidemic
Egypt has the highest obesity rate in the Middle East at 44.3% — higher than the wealthy United States. This is not a rich-country problem. It's a food system problem.
An Entire Generation Waiting
In Egypt, nearly 1 in 5 young people aged 15-24 has no job. In a crowd of 2,000 Egyptian youth, 374 are unemployed — and 800 more work without a contract.