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Table 9
Nile Delta governorate’s and farmers’ assets
Farmers’ and
governorates’
assets (%)
% of
population
of total
Egypt
population
in 2017
% of rural
population
of total
rural
Egypt
population
in 2017
% of rural
population
of
governorate
population
in 2017
Population
density
(Inhabitants/km 2
)
in 2017
% of rural
population
less than
45 years
in 2017
% of rural
population
over
45 years
in 2017
% of rural
illiteracy
(+10 years)
in 2017
% of
poverty in
2012/2013
Average
family
size in
rural
areas in
2017
% of
employed
in
agriculture
of total
employed
(15
+
years) per
governorate
in 2016
Alexandria
5.45
0.12
1.32
2245.11
90.07
9.93
27.64
12
4.91
6.70
Damietta
1.58
1.66
60.63
1644.25
81.15
18.85
17.79
10
3.99
19.90
Daqahlia
6.85
8.50
71.72
1834.92
79.98
20.02
19.32
14
3.89
25.70
Sharkia
7.56
9.82
75.06
1458.73
87.38
12.62
21.38
14
4.16
30.70
Qalyubia
5.94
5.89
57.31
5005.35
87.47
12.53
20.24
21
3.94
14.00
Kafr
El-Sheikh
3.55
4.67
76.05
969.85
85.72
14.28
23.16
18
4.06
40.80
Gharbia
5.27
6.56
71.89
2574.03
84.61
15.39
18.27
11
3.87
22.10
Menufia
4.54
6.23
79.29
1721.33
85.74
14.26
18.12
15
4.12
32.49
Beheira
6.51
9.22
81.84
628.09
86.86
13.14
26.53
20
4.03
46.90
Ismailia
1.38
1.32
55.53
257.30
88.24
11.76
20.86
15
4.18
4.50
(continued)