Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown - Female by country
This indicator presents the share of employment that had no-breakdown as either non-agricultural or agricultural (female), 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...
What the numbers show
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown - Female is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 90.6% in Pakistan; the lowest is 20.7% in Serbia.
The median across all reporting countries is 58.4%, and the mean is 57.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Honduras (up 22.4%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 65.6%).
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan | 90.6% | 2018 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 2 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 82.7% | 2018 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 3 | Honduras | 81.0% | 2017 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 4 | Guatemala | 80.2% | 2017 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 5 | Ecuador | 74.3% | 2018 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 6 | Peru | 74.3% | 2017 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 7 | Paraguay | 72.1% | 2018 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 71.1% | 2016 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 9 | El Salvador | 70.4% | 2018 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 69.2% | 2018 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 11 | Thailand | 64.9% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 12 | Colombia | 61.6% | 2018 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 13 | Egypt | 61.3% | 2017 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 14 | Namibia | 58.4% | 2018 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 53.2% | 2017 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 16 | Mauritius | 50.4% | 2018 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 17 | Panama | 49.6% | 2018 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 18 | Armenia | 47.3% | 2017 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 19 | Argentina | 46.5% | 2014 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 20 | Palestine, State of | 44.4% | 2018 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 21 | Mongolia | 44.1% | 2018 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 43.1% | 2018 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 23 | Brazil | 42.5% | 2015 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 24 | South Africa | 37.3% | 2018 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.8% | 2019 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 26 | Uruguay | 22.6% | 2018 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 27 | Serbia | 20.7% | 2018 | down 65.6% | falling |
About this data
This indicator presents the share of employment that had no-breakdown as either non-agricultural or agricultural (female), 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.