Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total) - Non-agriculture - Male by country
This indicator presents the share of non-agriculture (male) 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 - Male is currently reported for 27 countries. The highest value is 71.7% in Honduras; the lowest is 15.4% in Serbia.
The median across all reporting countries is 52.7%, and the mean is 49.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 32.9%), and the largest decrease in Serbia (down 69.3%).
Informal employment by sector and gender (% of total): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras | 71.7% | 2017 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 2 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 71.5% | 2018 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 3 | Pakistan | 71.1% | 2018 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 68.7% | 2016 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 5 | Guatemala | 68.5% | 2017 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 6 | Ecuador | 63.3% | 2018 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 7 | Paraguay | 61.9% | 2018 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 59.0% | 2018 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 9 | El Salvador | 56.7% | 2018 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 10 | Colombia | 55.5% | 2018 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 11 | Mauritius | 55.4% | 2018 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 12 | Egypt | 55.4% | 2017 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 13 | Dominican Republic | 54.8% | 2017 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 14 | Palestine, State of | 52.7% | 2018 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 15 | Peru | 52.4% | 2017 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 16 | Thailand | 50.5% | 2018 | — | rising |
| 17 | Argentina | 47.0% | 2014 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 18 | Panama | 44.9% | 2018 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 19 | Namibia | 43.4% | 2018 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 20 | Brazil | 39.4% | 2015 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 21 | Mongolia | 35.1% | 2018 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 22 | South Africa | 33.6% | 2018 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 31.5% | 2018 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 24 | Armenia | 29.0% | 2017 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 25 | Uruguay | 24.4% | 2018 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 26 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.8% | 2019 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 27 | Serbia | 15.4% | 2018 | down 69.3% | volatile |
About this data
This indicator presents the share of non-agriculture (male) 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.