Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture, forestry and fishing - Male by country
This indicator presents the share of 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.
What the numbers show
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture, forestry and fishing - Male is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 98.9% in Pakistan; the lowest is 29.9% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 90.9%, and the mean is 82.8%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 34.4%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 48.1%).
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 98.9% | 2018 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 98.3% | 2018 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 3 | Armenia | 97.8% | 2017 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 4 | Honduras | 97.8% | 2017 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 5 | Mongolia | 97.5% | 2018 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 6 | El Salvador | 96.9% | 2018 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 7 | Egypt | 96.6% | 2017 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 96.1% | 2016 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 9 | Guatemala | 95.7% | 2017 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 10 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 95.6% | 2018 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 11 | Palestine, State of | 94.4% | 2018 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 12 | Peru | 92.2% | 2017 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 13 | Paraguay | 91.7% | 2018 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 14 | Ecuador | 90.1% | 2018 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 88.2% | 2017 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 16 | Colombia | 87.5% | 2018 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 87.0% | 2019 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 18 | Thailand | 86.7% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 19 | Panama | 86.5% | 2018 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 20 | Namibia | 83.8% | 2018 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 21 | Brazil | 82.7% | 2015 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 22 | Argentina | 57.4% | 2014 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 50.6% | 2018 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 24 | South Africa | 36.7% | 2018 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 25 | Serbia | 36.4% | 2018 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 26 | Uruguay | 29.9% | 2018 | down 48.1% | falling |
About this data
This indicator presents the share of 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.