Mexico vs Northern Africa: Lower-middle income: SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total

Mexico
56.88
in 2025
Northern Africa: Lower-middle income
62.79
in 2027
Mexico rank
29th
Northern Africa: Lower-middle income rank
28th

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

  • Mexico
  • Northern Africa: Lower-middle income
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How they compare

Northern Africa: Lower-middle income currently reports 62.79 against 56.88 in Mexico, a difference of 5.91.

That makes Northern Africa: Lower-middle income's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 29th and Northern Africa: Lower-middle income ranks 28th of 83 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 2 and Northern Africa: Lower-middle income in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico Northern Africa: Lower-middle income Difference Ahead
2000s 61.63 54.9 6.73 Mexico
2010s 58.94 57.5 1.45 Mexico
2020s 56.94 63.71 6.77 Northern Africa: Lower-middle 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, Mexico or Northern Africa: Lower-middle income?
Northern Africa: Lower-middle income, at 62.79 against 56.88 in Mexico as of 2027.
What is the difference in sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total between Mexico and Northern Africa: Lower-middle income?
5.91, with Northern Africa: Lower-middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Northern Africa: Lower-middle income?
19 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.
How do Mexico and Northern Africa: Lower-middle income rank globally for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total?
Mexico ranks 29th and Northern Africa: Lower-middle income ranks 28th 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.