Brazil vs United Kingdom: Informal employment
Informal employment over time
- Brazil
- United Kingdom
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 74.0% against 50.7% in United Kingdom, a difference of 23.3%.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.5 times United Kingdom's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 13th and United Kingdom ranks 16th of 44 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher informal employment, Brazil or United Kingdom?
- Brazil, at 74.0% against 50.7% in United Kingdom as of 2025.
- What is the difference in informal employment between Brazil and United Kingdom?
- 23.3%, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and United Kingdom?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2018.
- How do Brazil and United Kingdom rank globally for informal employment?
- Brazil ranks 13th and United Kingdom ranks 16th of 44 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Informal employment (% of total agricultural employment). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
This indicator shows the share of workers at working age in informal employment in agricultural activities out of total employment in agricultural activities, expressed as a percentage. Informal employment comprises persons whose main or secondary jobs are informal. For own-account workers and employers, informality is determined by enterprise characteristics (unincorporated, market-based, and unregistered); for contributing family workers, it is determined by the absence of written contracts and lack of coverage under labor legislation; and for employees, it is determined by whether the employment relationship is not subject to national labor legislation, income taxation, or social protection. The data are based on the statistical standards adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS).