Cairo – Mubasher: The size of labour force in Egypt inched up by 0.4 to 28.06 million individuals during the second quarter of 2019, from 27.96 million individuals in the previous quarter, according to recent figures released by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

Egypt's unemployment rate declined to 7.5% during Q2-19, compared to 8.1% in Q1-19.