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

Paraguay: Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown was 69.0% in 2018. ▼ Falling

Latest (2018)
69.0%
Change on year
down 1.9%
World rank
8th
of 27 countries
All-time high
77.4%
in 2008
All-time low
69.0%
in 2018
Years of data
11
2008–2018

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

0204060802008201320182008: 77.42009: 76.52010: 75.52011: 73.12012: 73.32013: 70.82014: 69.42015: 70.22016: 71.72017: 70.42018: 69

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Paraguay is 69.0%, measured in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown in Paraguay peaked at 77.4% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 69.0%, in 2018.

That places Paraguay 8th out of 27 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

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 - Male in Paraguay, 2008 to 2018.
Year Value Change
2008 77.4%
2009 76.5% -1.1%
2010 75.5% -1.3%
2011 73.1% -3.2%
2012 73.3% +0.3%
2013 70.8% -3.4%
2014 69.4% -2.0%
2015 70.2% +1.1%
2016 71.7% +2.1%
2017 70.4% -1.9%
2018 69.0% -1.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 76.9% 76.5% 77.4% 2
2010s 71.5% 69.0% 75.5% 9

Countries ranked near Paraguay

  1. 5 Sri Lanka 75.6% compare
  2. 6 Viet Nam 73.5% compare
  3. 7 Ecuador 71.5% compare
  4. 9 El Salvador 67.2% compare
  5. 10 Egypt 64.4% compare
  6. 11 Peru 64.0% 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 69.0% 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 77.4% in 2008.
What is the lowest informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 69.0% in 2018.
How does Paraguay rank for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - no breakdown?
Paraguay ranks 8th 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 10.8%. 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 - Male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - No breakdown - Male
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 (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.