Number of informal sector establishments in Egypt 1960-2017, by year of starting work
According to the latest data, the total number of establishments in the informal sector in Egypt aggregated to over 1.98 million between the period before 1960 to 2017. Since 1960, the number of unregistered establishments in the country increased until 2010. Besides, between 2005 and 2010, the number of informal sector enterprises significantly jumped from 238.6 thousand to 676.9 thousand. However, the number dropped drastically in 2015 to a level close to a decade before. The