====== Egypt ======

**Region:** Northern Africa  
**Regional Economic Communities (REC):** CEN-SAD · COMESA  

→ [[https://iiag.online/locations/eg.html|View IIAG Country Statistics]]

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^ Indicator ^ Data ^
| **Governance (IIAG)** | Overall Governance score: 51.0 / 100 · Rank: 24th / 54 |

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===== PART 1 – HIGH-LEVEL COUNTRY MAPPING =====

==== Institutions and Stakeholder Database ====
(To be linked)

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==== REC Membership ====

  * CEN-SAD
  * COMESA

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==== Population size and size of the informal economy ====

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==== Nature of the legal system and ILO status ====

Egypt has a **mixed legal system**, influenced by:

  * Civil law traditions  
  * Elements of Islamic law  

(Content to be added: ILO membership year and Decent Work Country Programme details)

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==== Workers’ rights in human rights system, national labour law / social protection and scope of protection ====

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==== Existing laws, policy and regulatory initiatives for the protection of workers in the informal economy ====

**Social Insurance Law No. 148 of 2019 (Social Insurance and Pensions Law)**

  * Extends social security coverage to informal workers  
  * Allows **voluntary registration** for:
    * Self-employed workers  
    * Workers in small or informal enterprises  

Coverage includes:

  * Pensions  
  * Health care  
  * Unemployment insurance  

Source: ILO NATLEX  
https://natlex.ilo.org/dyn/natlex2/r/natlex/fe/details?p3_isn=115545  

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**Law No. 98-15 (2017)**

  * Introduces health insurance coverage for:
    * Self-employed workers  
    * Informal workers  

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**Institutional and policy initiatives**

**National Social Security Fund (CNSS)**

  * Provides programmes targeting:
    * Self-employed workers  
    * Independent contractors  

Additional reference frameworks:

  * Extension of social security to non-salaried workers  
    https://www.issa.int/gp/240036  

  * Comparative framework on social protection coverage  
    https://miepeec.gov.ma/mtip-espace-protection-sociale/social-cover-non-salaried-workers-foreigners-in-morocco-and-mra/social-cover-of-nsw/?lang=en  

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===== PART 2 – SECTOR SPECIFIC REGULATION =====

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==== Domestic Work Sector ====

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==== Street Vendor ====

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==== Waste Reclaiming ====

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==== Home working ====

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==== Gig Work and the Platform Economy ====

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==== Farm Work ====

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==== The Mining Sector and Artisanal Mining ====

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==== Taxi and Transport Sector (Gig-work/platform economy overlap) ====

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==== Cross-Border Informal Trade ====

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===== Sources / Links =====

  * IIAG – Egypt: https://iiag.online/locations/eg.html
  * Social Insurance Law No. 148 of 2019 (ILO NATLEX)
  * Law No. 98-15 (2017)
  * ISSA – Extension of social security to non-salaried workers
  * Comparative social protection reference (Morocco model)
  * Institutions and Stakeholder Database – Egypt (to be linked)
  * ILO Country Profile – Egypt (to be linked)