El Salvador vs Zambia: Informal employment
Informal employment over time
- El Salvador
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 59.8% against 54.6% in El Salvador, a difference of 5.2%.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 6th and Zambia ranks 5th of 45 countries.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher informal employment, El Salvador or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 59.8% against 54.6% in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in informal employment between El Salvador and Zambia?
- 5.2%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Zambia?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2020 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Zambia rank globally for informal employment?
- El Salvador ranks 6th and Zambia ranks 5th 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).