Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) was 52.7% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) in Dominican Republic, 2000–2017
Source: UN Open Data Hub. Available at: https://unstats-undesa.opendata.arcgis.com/.
Analysis
In 2017, informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) in Dominican Republic stood at 52.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) in Dominican Republic peaked at 93.9% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 51.7%, in 2014.
Dominican Republic ranks 11th of 27 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 93.9% | — |
| 2001 | 92.9% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 93.6% | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 93.6% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 93.4% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 67.7% | -27.5% |
| 2006 | 62.9% | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 55.7% | -11.5% |
| 2008 | 57.3% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 53.9% | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 52.8% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 54.3% | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 54.1% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 54.0% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 51.7% | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 52.2% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 52.9% | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 52.7% | -0.4% |
Dominican Republic compared with similar countries
- Dominican Republic's 52.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 62.7%, 84% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
- Dominican Republic's 52.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 51.5%, 1.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) in Dominican Republic changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | -27.5% | 93.4% | 67.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.5% | 53.9% | 93.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.1% | 51.7% | 54.3% | 8 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More reference data data for Dominican Republic
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7575 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.46 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.79 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0601 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.79 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9595 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 13.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3273 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) in Dominican Republic?
- Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) in Dominican Republic was 52.7% in 2017, 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) recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 93.9% in 2000.
- What is the lowest informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.7% in 2014.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for informal employment by sector and gender (% of total)?
- Dominican Republic ranks 11th out of 27 countries with data for 2017.
- Is informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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) - Non-agriculture - Female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.