Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown in Paraguay

Paraguay: Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown was 72.1% in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
72.1%
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
7th
of 27 countries
All-time high
79.2%
in 2009
All-time low
71.1%
in 2014
Years of data
11
2008–2018

Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown in Paraguay, 2008–2018

0204060802008201320182008: 78.22009: 79.22010: 78.72011: 75.12012: 75.52013: 72.42014: 71.12015: 71.32016: 72.82017: 72.62018: 72.1

Source: UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/.

Analysis

In 2018, informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Paraguay stood at 72.1%.

That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 7.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Paraguay peaked at 79.2% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 71.1%, in 2014.

That places Paraguay 7th out of 27 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown in Paraguay, year by year

Annual values for Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown - Female in Paraguay, 2008 to 2018.
Year Value Change
2008 78.2%
2009 79.2% +1.2%
2010 78.7% -0.5%
2011 75.1% -4.6%
2012 75.5% +0.6%
2013 72.4% -4.2%
2014 71.1% -1.7%
2015 71.3% +0.3%
2016 72.8% +2.1%
2017 72.6% -0.2%
2018 72.1% -0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 78.7% 78.2% 79.2% 2
2010s 73.5% 71.1% 78.7% 9

Countries ranked near Paraguay

  1. 4 Guatemala 80.2% compare
  2. 5 Ecuador 74.3% compare
  3. 6 Peru 74.3% compare
  4. 8 Sri Lanka 71.1% compare
  5. 9 El Salvador 70.4% compare
  6. 10 Viet Nam 69.2% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Paraguay?
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Paraguay was 72.1% in 2018, according to UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/.
What is the highest informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown recorded in Paraguay?
The highest recorded value was 79.2% in 2009.
What is the lowest informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 71.1% in 2014.
How does Paraguay rank for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown?
Paraguay ranks 7th out of 27 countries with data for 2018.
Is informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown rising or falling in Paraguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Paraguay data come from?
The figures come from UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/, published as part of Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown - Female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown - Female
Source
UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
27 places, 272 data points, 2000–2019
Last refreshed

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.