Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) by country

Countries reporting
40
Highest
1.0%
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.0%
Chile
Median
0.6%
Years covered
42
1980–2021
Data points
509

What the numbers show

Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age) is currently reported for 40 countries. The highest value is 1.0% in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.0% in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 0.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 67.

Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 29 fell. The largest increase was in Tunisia (up 113.6%), and the largest decrease in China (down 96.7%).

Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 1.0% 2016 up 30.3% rising
2 Madagascar 0.9% 2012 up 1.9% flat
3 Pakistan 0.9% 2020 up 5.0% flat
4 Zambia 0.9% 2015 up 0.6% falling
5 Ghana 0.9% 2016 down 2.6% flat
6 Morocco 0.8% 2009 down 18.9% falling
7 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.8% 2017 down 2.0% falling
8 Nicaragua 0.8% 2014 down 6.4% flat
9 Honduras 0.8% 2017 up 1.9% flat
10 Guatemala 0.8% 2011 down 3.3% flat
11 Peru 0.7% 2016 down 9.6% falling
12 Sri Lanka 0.7% 2015 down 4.7% flat
13 El Salvador 0.7% 2017 up 0.2% falling
14 Gambia 0.7% 2020 down 26.3% falling
15 Paraguay 0.7% 2017 down 12.4% falling
16 Egypt 0.6% 2019 up 15.9% falling
17 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2006 up 68.9% rising
18 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2013 down 22.4% falling
19 Panama 0.6% 2018 up 0.6% falling
20 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 down 0.1% rising
21 Mexico 0.6% 2020 down 6.2% falling
22 Colombia 0.6% 2021 down 8.5% falling
23 Ecuador 0.6% 2017 up 0.7% falling
24 Argentina 0.5% 2018 down 4.6% falling
25 Armenia 0.5% 2020 down 6.6% falling
26 Costa Rica 0.5% 2016 down 1.9% flat
27 Albania 0.4% 2019 down 34.9% falling
28 Kosovo 0.4% 2014 down 20.2% falling
28 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.4% 2014 down 20.2% falling
30 Tunisia 0.4% 2015 up 113.6% volatile
31 Brazil 0.3% 2020 down 23.2% falling
32 Australia 0.3% 2015 down 4.0% falling
33 Türkiye 0.3% 2019 down 23.2% falling
34 South Africa 0.3% 2020 down 10.5% falling
35 Rwanda 0.3% 2021 down 73.0% volatile
36 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2017 down 50.1% falling
37 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2021 down 53.7% falling
38 Uruguay 0.2% 2019 down 37.0% falling
39 China 0.0% 2013 down 96.7% volatile
40 Chile 0.0% 2017 down 61.1% volatile

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Indicator
Informal job workers, aged 15-64, total (% of total employed population in working age)
Unit
% of total employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
40 places, 509 data points, 1980–2021
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