Informal employment, female (% of total female agricultural employment) by country
This indicator shows the share of workers at working age in informal employment in agricultural activities out of total employment in agricultural activities, expressed as a percentage. Informal employment comprises persons whose main or secondary jobs are informal. For own-account workers and employers,...
What the numbers show
Informal employment, female (% of total female agricultural employment) is currently reported for 41 countries. The highest value is 99.8% in Angola; the lowest is 3.5% in Spain.
The median across all reporting countries is 39.1%, and the mean is 50.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.
Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Estonia (up 120.6%), and the largest decrease in Finland (down 80.1%).
Informal employment, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 99.8% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | Rwanda | 99.2% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 99.1% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 4 | Georgia | 97.1% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 5 | Mongolia | 96.5% | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 6 | Panama | 96.4% | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 7 | Armenia | 96.2% | 2024 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 8 | Botswana | 95.2% | 2024 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 9 | Jordan | 94.8% | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 10 | Zambia | 94.3% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 11 | El Salvador | 92.5% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 87.8% | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 13 | Serbia | 80.3% | 2025 | — | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 79.1% | 2025 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 73.6% | 2025 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 61.7% | 2025 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 17 | Uruguay | 54.9% | 2025 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 53.2% | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 19 | Belgium | 42.8% | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 20 | Chile | 39.2% | 2025 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 21 | Hungary | 39.1% | 2020 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 39.1% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 23 | Slovenia | 38.5% | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 24 | Cyprus | 35.5% | 2020 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 25 | Lithuania | 26.6% | 2024 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 26 | Norway | 23.1% | 2020 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 27 | Latvia | 22.9% | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 28 | Netherlands | 22.2% | 2024 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 29 | Croatia | 21.6% | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 30 | Czechia | 20.0% | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 31 | Greece | 15.8% | 2024 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 32 | Ireland | 15.6% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 33 | Switzerland | 14.6% | 2022 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 34 | Italy | 13.8% | 2024 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 35 | France | 13.7% | 2024 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 13.4% | 2024 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 37 | Estonia | 12.6% | 2024 | up 120.6% | rising |
| 38 | Austria | 11.2% | 2023 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 39 | Portugal | 10.6% | 2024 | down 70.7% | falling |
| 40 | Finland | 9.9% | 2024 | down 80.1% | falling |
| 41 | Spain | 3.5% | 2024 | down 49.0% | falling |
About this data
This indicator shows the share of workers at working age in informal employment in agricultural activities out of total employment in agricultural activities, expressed as a percentage. Informal employment comprises persons 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).