Informal job workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age) by country

Countries reporting
38
Highest
1.0%
Zambia
Lowest
0.0%
Chile
Median
0.8%
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
449

What the numbers show

Informal job workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Zambia; the lowest is 0.0% in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8%, and the mean is 0.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 62.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 21 fell. The largest increase was in Tunisia (up 100.9%), and the largest decrease in China (down 97.2%).

Informal job workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Zambia 1.0% 2015 up 0.2% flat
2 Bangladesh 1.0% 2016 up 27.7% rising
3 Madagascar 1.0% 2012 up 0.1% flat
4 Ghana 1.0% 2016 up 0.2% flat
5 Kyrgyzstan 1.0% 2020 up 7.3% flat
6 Pakistan 1.0% 2020 up 5.1% rising
7 Bolivia 0.9% 2017 up 1.2% flat
8 Peru 0.9% 2016 down 2.0% flat
9 Guatemala 0.9% 2011 up 5.7% rising
10 Nicaragua 0.9% 2014 down 5.0% flat
11 Morocco 0.9% 2009 down 9.6% falling
12 Honduras 0.9% 2017 up 2.6% flat
13 Paraguay 0.9% 2017 down 9.3% falling
14 Sri Lanka 0.9% 2015 up 1.8% flat
15 Gambia 0.8% 2020 down 13.5% falling
16 El Salvador 0.8% 2017 up 1.3% flat
17 Colombia 0.8% 2021 up 0.1% flat
18 Egypt 0.8% 2019 up 13.3% flat
19 Venezuela 0.8% 2006 up 70.6% rising
20 Dominican Republic 0.8% 2013 down 10.6% falling
21 Ecuador 0.8% 2017 up 3.8% falling
22 Panama 0.8% 2018 down 2.4% flat
23 Mexico 0.7% 2020 down 2.7% flat
24 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.7% 2014 down 7.3% falling
24 Kosovo 0.7% 2014 down 7.3% falling
26 Albania 0.7% 2019 down 29.3% falling
27 Argentina 0.7% 2018 down 14.6% falling
28 Costa Rica 0.6% 2016 up 3.6% rising
29 Turkey 0.5% 2019 down 8.9% falling
30 Brazil 0.5% 2020 down 12.7% flat
31 Tunisia 0.5% 2015 up 100.9% rising
32 South Korea 0.4% 2017 down 46.2% falling
33 South Africa 0.4% 2020 down 12.2% falling
34 Uruguay 0.3% 2019 down 21.3% falling
35 Rwanda 0.2% 2021 down 75.4% volatile
36 Moldova 0.2% 2021 down 76.9% falling
37 China 0.0% 2013 down 97.2% volatile
38 Chile 0.0% 2017 down 56.1% volatile

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Indicator
Informal job workers, aged 15-64, primary education and below (% of employed population with low education in working age)
Unit
% of employed population with low education in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
38 places, 449 data points, 1981–2021
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