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Restaurant-sector employment by pay status and gender

709,967 workers: one-third unpaid; one in twenty is a woman

"One-third of restaurant workers receive no formal wage; only one in twenty is a woman in a sector serving every Egyptian household"

By pay status

Paid (68.6%)
486,798
Unpaid (31.4%)
223,169

By gender

Men (95%)
674,122
Women (5%)
35,845

Source: CAPMAS Economic Census, 2022/2023