CAIRO - Egypt's unemployment rate fell to 9.9 percent in the second quarter of 2018, down from 11.98 percent during the same period a year ago, state statistics agency CAPMAS said on Wednesday.

The rate has been falling steadily in recent months amid a programme of economic reforms.

(Writing by Amina Ismail Editing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg) ((amina.ismail@thomsonreuters.com; +20 2 2394 8114;))