Costa Rica vs Vietnam: Informal employment
Informal employment over time
- Costa Rica
- Vietnam
How they compare
Vietnam currently reports 52.3% against 33.8% in Costa Rica, a difference of 18.5%.
That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.5 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Vietnam has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 10th and Vietnam ranks 8th of 45 countries.
Vietnam has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher informal employment, Costa Rica or Vietnam?
- Vietnam, at 52.3% against 33.8% in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in informal employment between Costa Rica and Vietnam?
- 18.5%, with Vietnam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Vietnam?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2020 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Vietnam rank globally for informal employment?
- Costa Rica ranks 10th and Vietnam ranks 8th of 45 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Informal employment (% of total non-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 non-agricultural activities out of total employment in non-agricultural activities, expressed as a percentage. Informal employment comprises workers 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).