Brazil vs World excluding India and China: SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total

Brazil
35.62
in 2025
World excluding India and China
52.06
in 2027
Brazil rank
43rd
World excluding India and China rank
41st

SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total over time

  • Brazil
  • World excluding India and China
0204060200420152027

How they compare

World excluding India and China currently reports 52.06 against 35.62 in Brazil, a difference of 16.44.

That makes World excluding India and China's figure about 1.5 times Brazil's.

Across all 16 years both countries report, World excluding India and China has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 43rd and World excluding India and China ranks 41st of 83 countries.

World excluding India and China has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil World excluding India and China Difference Ahead
2000s 46.8 50.97 4.17 World excluding India and China
2010s 39.85 50.91 11.06 World excluding India and China
2020s 36.97 51.27 14.31 World excluding India and China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total, Brazil or World excluding India and China?
World excluding India and China, at 52.06 against 35.62 in Brazil as of 2027.
What is the difference in sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total between Brazil and World excluding India and China?
16.44, with World excluding India and China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and World excluding India and China?
16 years are reported by both, from 2009 to 2025.
How do Brazil and World excluding India and China rank globally for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total?
Brazil ranks 43rd and World excluding India and China ranks 41st of 83 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Labour Organization, published as SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
170 places, 3,309 data points, 2000–2027
Last refreshed

Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. This indicator conveys the share of informal employment in total employment. Employment comprises all persons of working age who, during a specified brief period, were either in paid employment (whether at work or with a job but not at work) or in self-employment (whether at work or with an enterprise but not at work). 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. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) available for that year. Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISIC. For more information, refer to the Labour Market-related SDG Indicators (ILOSDG) database description.