Costa Rica vs Vietnam: Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total)
Costa Rica
42.7%
in 2018
Vietnam
50.2%
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
18th
Vietnam rank
15th
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) over time
- Costa Rica
- Vietnam
How they compare
Vietnam currently reports 50.2% against 42.7% in Costa Rica, a difference of 7.5%.
That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Vietnam has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 18th and Vietnam ranks 15th of 27 countries.
Vietnam has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher informal employment by sector and gender (% of total), Costa Rica or Vietnam?
- Vietnam, at 50.2% against 42.7% in Costa Rica as of 2018.
- What is the difference in informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) between Costa Rica and Vietnam?
- 7.5%, with Vietnam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Vietnam?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2018.
- How do Costa Rica and Vietnam rank globally for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total)?
- Costa Rica ranks 18th and Vietnam ranks 15th of 27 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/, published as Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Non-agriculture - Female. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This indicator presents the share of non-agriculture (female) employment which is classified as informal employment in the total economy. Data is taken from the United Nations Sustainable Goals, representing Indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment, by sector and sex.