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

Countries reporting
35
Highest
0.9%
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.0%
Chile
Median
0.5%
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
421

What the numbers show

Informal job workers, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.0% in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5%, and the mean is 0.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 65.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Tunisia (up 134.2%), and the largest decrease in China (down 85.8%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 0.9% 2016 up 60.1% rising
2 Madagascar 0.8% 2012 up 10.7% rising
3 Pakistan 0.8% 2020 up 12.5% rising
4 Ghana 0.8% 2016 up 2.7% rising
5 Zambia 0.8% 2015 up 6.1% falling
6 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7% 2017 up 0.7% falling
7 Nicaragua 0.7% 2014 down 8.3% flat
8 Honduras 0.7% 2017 up 6.1% flat
9 Peru 0.7% 2016 down 10.7% falling
10 Guatemala 0.6% 2011 down 2.7% flat
11 Morocco 0.6% 2009 down 33.5% falling
12 Gambia 0.6% 2020 down 27.2% falling
13 Sri Lanka 0.6% 2015 down 5.4% falling
14 El Salvador 0.6% 2017 up 0.1% flat
15 Paraguay 0.6% 2017 down 12.3% falling
16 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2013 down 25.8% falling
17 Panama 0.5% 2018 up 4.8% falling
18 Egypt 0.5% 2019 up 35.2% rising
19 Mexico 0.5% 2020 down 6.6% falling
20 Colombia 0.5% 2021 down 10.0% falling
21 Kyrgyzstan 0.5% 2020 down 25.2% rising
22 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.5% 2002 up 59.0% rising
23 Ecuador 0.5% 2017 up 3.4% falling
24 Argentina 0.5% 2018 down 0.2% flat
25 Costa Rica 0.4% 2016 down 3.1% rising
26 Tunisia 0.4% 2015 up 134.2% volatile
27 Rwanda 0.3% 2021 down 60.1% falling
28 Brazil 0.3% 2020 down 19.9% falling
29 South Africa 0.3% 2020 down 7.5% falling
30 Türkiye 0.2% 2013 down 31.4% falling
31 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2017 down 51.8% falling
32 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2021 down 74.6% volatile
33 Uruguay 0.2% 2019 down 36.9% falling
34 China 0.0% 2013 down 85.8% volatile
35 Chile 0.0% 2017 down 62.1% volatile

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Indicator
Informal job workers, aged 15-64, urban (% of urban employed population in working age)
Unit
% of urban employed population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
35 places, 421 data points, 1981–2021
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