Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Non-agriculture - Female by country
This indicator presents the share of non-agriculture (female) employment 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.
What the numbers show
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Non-agriculture - Female is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 79.3% in Honduras; the lowest is 12.2% in Serbia.
The median across all reporting countries is 50.4%, and the mean is 49.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 103.3%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 75.6%).
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 79.3% | 2017 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 2 | Guatemala | 78.3% | 2017 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 3 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 75.2% | 2018 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 4 | Pakistan | 72.6% | 2018 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 5 | El Salvador | 69.6% | 2018 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 6 | Paraguay | 67.7% | 2018 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 7 | Ecuador | 66.8% | 2018 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 8 | Peru | 66.1% | 2017 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 60.5% | 2016 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 10 | Colombia | 59.3% | 2018 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 52.7% | 2017 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 12 | Thailand | 52.5% | 2018 | — | flat |
| 13 | Mauritius | 50.4% | 2018 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 14 | Namibia | 50.4% | 2018 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 50.2% | 2018 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 16 | Argentina | 46.5% | 2014 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 17 | Panama | 45.7% | 2018 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 42.7% | 2018 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 19 | Egypt | 41.0% | 2017 | up 103.3% | rising |
| 20 | Palestine, State of | 40.4% | 2018 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 21 | South Africa | 37.1% | 2018 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 22 | Brazil | 36.9% | 2015 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 23 | Mongolia | 26.4% | 2018 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 24 | Uruguay | 22.4% | 2018 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 25 | Armenia | 19.6% | 2017 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 26 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.6% | 2019 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 27 | Serbia | 12.2% | 2018 | down 75.6% | volatile |
About this data
This indicator presents the share of non-agriculture (female) employment 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.