Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture, forestry and fishing - Female by country
This indicator presents the share of 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.
What the numbers show
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture, forestry and fishing - Female is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 99.9% in Pakistan; the lowest is 26.3% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 95.4%, and the mean is 86.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Costa Rica (up 13.5%), and the largest decrease in Uruguay (down 60.4%).
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Agriculture: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 99.9% | 2018 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 99.3% | 2018 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 99.2% | 2018 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 4 | Armenia | 99.2% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Palestine, State of | 99.0% | 2018 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 6 | Mongolia | 98.5% | 2018 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 7 | Paraguay | 97.7% | 2018 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 8 | Peru | 97.5% | 2017 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 96.7% | 2019 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 10 | Guatemala | 96.7% | 2017 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 11 | Egypt | 96.3% | 2017 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 12 | Honduras | 96.2% | 2017 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 13 | Ecuador | 95.5% | 2018 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 95.3% | 2016 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 15 | Brazil | 94.5% | 2015 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 16 | Panama | 93.8% | 2018 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 17 | El Salvador | 93.7% | 2018 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 18 | Thailand | 92.7% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 89.2% | 2018 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 20 | Namibia | 88.3% | 2018 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 86.4% | 2017 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 22 | Serbia | 74.3% | 2018 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 51.9% | 2018 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 24 | Argentina | 49.1% | 2014 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 25 | South Africa | 41.7% | 2018 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 26 | Uruguay | 26.3% | 2018 | down 60.4% | falling |
About this data
This indicator presents the share of 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.