Brazil vs Costa Rica: Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total)
Brazil
39.4%
in 2015
Costa Rica
31.5%
in 2018
Brazil rank
20th
Costa Rica rank
23rd
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) over time
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 39.4% against 31.5% in Costa Rica, a difference of 7.9%.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 20th and Costa Rica ranks 23rd of 27 countries.
Brazil 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), Brazil or Costa Rica?
- Brazil, at 39.4% against 31.5% in Costa Rica as of 2015.
- What is the difference in informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) between Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 7.9%, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2015.
- How do Brazil and Costa Rica rank globally for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total)?
- Brazil ranks 20th and Costa Rica ranks 23rd 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 - Male. 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 (male) 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.