Informal care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) by country
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have...
What the numbers show
Informal care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 19,539 in India; the lowest is 1.56 in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 242.12, and the mean is 1,120.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12,525.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 387.3%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 69.9%).
Informal care employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 19,539 | 2025 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 5,916 | 2025 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 3,520 | 2025 | up 214.4% | rising |
| 4 | Mexico | 3,343 | 2026 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 2,414 | 2024 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 6 | South Africa | 1,631 | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 1,406 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 8 | Argentina | 1,184 | 2025 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 9 | Angola | 1,094 | 2025 | up 141.4% | rising |
| 10 | Egypt | 968.84 | 2024 | up 164.3% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 956.43 | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 12 | Jordan | 722.38 | 2023 | up 286.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Türkiye | 673.86 | 2025 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 14 | Uganda | 520.59 | 2021 | up 143.0% | rising |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 512.91 | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 16 | Guatemala | 502.48 | 2024 | up 33.8% | rising |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 316.94 | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 256.21 | 2024 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 19 | Rwanda | 250.94 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 20 | Ecuador | 246.07 | 2025 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 245.15 | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 22 | Zambia | 242.12 | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 23 | Honduras | 237.45 | 2017 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 24 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 220.48 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 25 | El Salvador | 209.74 | 2025 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 26 | Senegal | 186.94 | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 27 | Myanmar | 173.02 | 2020 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 28 | Panama | 144.58 | 2025 | up 62.8% | rising |
| 29 | Georgia | 129 | 2025 | up 387.3% | rising |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 111.62 | 2025 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 31 | Botswana | 83.46 | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 32 | Uruguay | 68.71 | 2025 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 33 | Kyrgyzstan | 47.12 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 34 | Palestine, State of | 22.34 | 2025 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 35 | Serbia | 21.09 | 2019 | up 104.8% | rising |
| 36 | Mauritius | 18.69 | 2024 | down 69.9% | falling |
| 37 | Guyana | 12.36 | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 38 | Mongolia | 9.41 | 2025 | up 116.4% | rising |
| 39 | Brunei Darussalam | 7.37 | 2024 | up 62.7% | flat |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.38 | 2025 | down 53.7% | rising |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 3.07 | 2025 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 42 | Grenada | 1.96 | 2023 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Seychelles | 1.56 | 2025 | up 37.6% | flat |
About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. This harmonized series for informal employment is derived using the same set of criteria across countries to improve comparability. The criteria used are based on employment status, institutional sector, destination of production, bookkeeping, registration, social security contribution, places of work and size. For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.