Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown - Male by country
This indicator presents the share of employment that had no-breakdown as either non-agricultural or agricultural (male), 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...
What the numbers show
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown - Male is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 83.6% in Honduras; the lowest is 19.1% in Serbia.
The median across all reporting countries is 59.8%, and the mean is 57.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 15.6%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 65.1%).
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 83.6% | 2017 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 2 | Guatemala | 80.1% | 2017 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 3 | Pakistan | 79.3% | 2018 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 4 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 79.0% | 2018 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 75.6% | 2016 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 73.5% | 2018 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 7 | Ecuador | 71.5% | 2018 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 8 | Paraguay | 69.0% | 2018 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 9 | El Salvador | 67.2% | 2018 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 10 | Egypt | 64.4% | 2017 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 11 | Peru | 64.0% | 2017 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 12 | Thailand | 63.4% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 13 | Colombia | 62.9% | 2018 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 59.8% | 2017 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 15 | Mauritius | 55.4% | 2018 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 16 | Palestine, State of | 55.3% | 2018 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 17 | Namibia | 53.2% | 2018 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 18 | Mongolia | 52.9% | 2018 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 19 | Panama | 52.6% | 2018 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 20 | Armenia | 48.4% | 2017 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 21 | Argentina | 47.1% | 2014 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 22 | Brazil | 46.8% | 2015 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 34.8% | 2018 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 24 | South Africa | 33.8% | 2018 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.9% | 2019 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 26 | Uruguay | 25.1% | 2018 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 27 | Serbia | 19.1% | 2018 | down 65.1% | falling |
About this data
This indicator presents the share of employment that had no-breakdown as either non-agricultural or agricultural (male), 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.