Caribbean vs Southern Asia: Upper-middle income: Informal employment (ILO modelled estimates)
Informal employment (ILO modelled estimates) over time
- Caribbean
- Southern Asia: Upper-middle income
How they compare
Southern Asia: Upper-middle income currently reports 10,968 against 10,851 in Caribbean, a difference of 117.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Southern Asia: Upper-middle income ahead.
Caribbean ranks 64th and Southern Asia: Upper-middle income ranks 63rd of 87 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 1 and Southern Asia: Upper-middle income in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Southern Asia: Upper-middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8,340 | 8,811 | 471.2 | Southern Asia: Upper-middle income |
| 2010s | 9,515 | 9,456 | 59.74 | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 10,571 | 10,609 | 37.72 | Southern Asia: Upper-middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher informal employment, Caribbean or Southern Asia: Upper-middle income?
- Southern Asia: Upper-middle income, at 10,968 against 10,851 in Caribbean as of 2027.
- What is the difference in informal employment between Caribbean and Southern Asia: Upper-middle income?
- 117, with Southern Asia: Upper-middle income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Southern Asia: Upper-middle income?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2027.
- How do Caribbean and Southern Asia: Upper-middle income rank globally for informal employment?
- Caribbean ranks 64th and Southern Asia: Upper-middle income ranks 63rd of 87 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Labour Organization, published as Informal employment (ILO modelled estimates). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. Informal employment comprises persons who in their main or secondary jobs were (a) own-account workers, employers and members of producers' cooperatives employed in their own informal sector enterprises; (b) own-account workers engaged in the production of goods exclusively for own final use by their household (e.g. subsistence farming); (c) contributing family workers, regardless of whether they work in formal or informal sector enterprises; or (d) employees holding informal jobs, whether employed by formal sector enterprises, informal sector enterprises, or as paid domestic workers by households. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.