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

Thailand: Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown was 64.9% in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)
64.9%
Change on year
down 2.6%
World rank
11th
of 27 countries
All-time high
73.4%
in 2016
All-time low
63.3%
in 2015
Years of data
5
2014–2018

Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown in Thailand, 2014–2018

0204060802014201620182014: 63.82015: 63.32016: 73.42017: 66.62018: 64.9

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

Analysis

Thailand recorded 64.9% for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in 2018.

The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 1.7% over five years.

Thailand ranks 11th of 27 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Annual values for Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown - Female in Thailand, 2014 to 2018.
Year Value Change
2014 63.8%
2015 63.3% -0.7%
2016 73.4% +16.0%
2017 66.6% -9.3%
2018 64.9% -2.6%

Countries ranked near Thailand

  1. 8 Sri Lanka 71.1%
  2. 9 El Salvador 70.4% compare
  3. 10 Viet Nam 69.2% compare
  4. 12 Colombia 61.6% compare
  5. 13 Egypt 61.3%
  6. 14 Namibia 58.4% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Thailand?
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Thailand was 64.9% 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 Thailand?
The highest recorded value was 73.4% in 2016.
What is the lowest informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown recorded in Thailand?
The lowest recorded value was 63.3% in 2015.
How does Thailand rank for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown?
Thailand ranks 11th out of 27 countries with data for 2018.
Where does this Thailand 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.