Informal job workers, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64) by country

Countries reporting
38
Highest
0.9%
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.0%
Chile
Median
0.6%
Years covered
41
1981–2021
Data points
450

What the numbers show

Informal job workers, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64) is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 0.9% in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.0% in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6%, and the mean is 0.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 72.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Tunisia (up 132.7%), and the largest decrease in China (down 97.0%).

Informal job workers, aged 25-64: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 0.9% 2016 up 27.7% rising
2 Madagascar 0.9% 2012 up 2.6% flat
3 Pakistan 0.9% 2020 up 5.3% rising
4 Zambia 0.9% 2015 up 1.4% falling
5 Ghana 0.9% 2016 down 2.9% flat
6 Morocco 0.8% 2009 down 21.9% falling
7 Nicaragua 0.7% 2014 down 6.6% flat
8 Honduras 0.7% 2017 up 0.1% falling
9 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.7% 2017 down 1.6% falling
10 Guatemala 0.7% 2011 down 4.1% flat
11 Peru 0.7% 2016 down 8.1% falling
12 Sri Lanka 0.7% 2015 down 4.3% flat
13 Gambia 0.7% 2020 down 25.5% falling
14 El Salvador 0.7% 2017 up 0.1% falling
15 Paraguay 0.6% 2017 down 14.0% falling
16 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.6% 2006 up 51.1% rising
17 Panama 0.6% 2018 down 0.5% falling
18 Dominican Republic 0.6% 2013 down 23.3% falling
19 Kyrgyzstan 0.6% 2020 up 2.4% rising
20 Egypt 0.6% 2019 up 22.4% falling
21 Mexico 0.6% 2020 down 5.4% falling
22 Ecuador 0.6% 2017 down 1.7% falling
23 Colombia 0.6% 2021 down 9.0% falling
24 Costa Rica 0.5% 2016 up 0.3% flat
25 Albania 0.5% 2019 down 38.8% falling
26 Argentina 0.5% 2018 up 0.3% flat
27 Kosovo 0.4% 2014 down 18.3% falling
27 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.4% 2014 down 18.3% falling
29 Tunisia 0.4% 2015 up 132.7% volatile
30 Brazil 0.3% 2020 down 24.3% falling
31 Türkiye 0.3% 2019 down 22.4% falling
32 South Africa 0.3% 2020 down 10.1% falling
33 Rwanda 0.3% 2021 down 71.0% volatile
34 Republic of Korea 0.3% 2017 down 48.4% falling
35 Republic of Moldova 0.2% 2021 down 53.7% volatile
36 Uruguay 0.1% 2019 down 40.8% falling
37 China 0.0% 2013 down 97.0% volatile
38 Chile 0.0% 2017 down 62.2% volatile

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Indicator
Informal job workers, aged 25-64 (% of employed population aged 25-64)
Unit
% of employed population aged 25-64
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
38 places, 450 data points, 1981–2021
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