Bulgaria vs Eastern Asia: High income: SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment … previous

Bulgaria
3.58
in 2025
Eastern Asia: High income
8.96
in 2027
Bulgaria rank
69th
Eastern Asia: High income rank
72nd

SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment … previous over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Eastern Asia: High income
4681012200420152027

How they compare

Eastern Asia: High income currently reports 8.96 against 3.58 in Bulgaria, a difference of 5.38.

That makes Eastern Asia: High income's figure about 2.5 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 69th and Eastern Asia: High income ranks 72nd of 83 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Eastern Asia: High income in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Eastern Asia: High income Difference Ahead
2000s 11.09 9.58 1.51 Bulgaria
2010s 6.65 9.74 3.09 Eastern Asia: High income
2020s 5.03 9.23 4.2 Eastern Asia: High income

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, Bulgaria or Eastern Asia: High income?
Eastern Asia: High income, at 8.96 against 3.58 in Bulgaria as of 2027.
What is the difference in sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total between Bulgaria and Eastern Asia: High income?
5.38, with Eastern Asia: High income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Eastern Asia: High income?
19 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2025.
How do Bulgaria and Eastern Asia: High income rank globally for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total?
Bulgaria ranks 69th and Eastern Asia: High income ranks 72nd 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.