Informal employment (ILO modelled estimates) by country
Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. Informal employment comprises persons who in their main or secondary jobs were (a) own-account workers, employers and...
What the numbers show
Informal employment (ILO modelled estimates) is currently reported for 1 countries. The highest value is 10,851 in Caribbean; the lowest is 10,851 in Caribbean.
The median across all reporting countries is 10,851, and the mean is 10,851.
Informal employment (ILO modelled estimates): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | Caribbean | 10,851 | 2027 | up 7.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2.12 million
- G20 1.68 million
- Asia and the Pacific 1.35 million
- World excluding India and China 1.21 million
- BRICS 1.17 million
- World: Lower-middle income 1.08 million
- World excluding BRICS 951,396
- Asia and the Pacific: Lower-middle income 776,185
- World: Upper-middle income 726,513
- Southern Asia 694,918
- APEC 689,346
- Southern Asia: Lower-middle income 676,347
- World: Lower-middle income excluding India 552,400
- Asia and the Pacific: Upper-middle income 545,528
- Africa 512,061
- Sub-Saharan Africa 464,322
- Eastern Asia 408,155
- Eastern Asia: Upper-middle income 384,826
- World: Upper-middle income excluding China 342,259
- Africa: Lower-middle income 274,824
- World: Low income 256,228
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific 249,998
- South-eastern Asia 245,788
- ASEAN 245,254
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Lower-middle income 242,947
- Africa: Low income 224,110
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Low income 213,075
- Eastern Africa 191,952
- Western Africa 189,995
- Americas 175,292
- Latin America and the Caribbean 160,645
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific: Upper-middle income 149,734
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Upper-middle income 138,313
- Americas: Upper-middle income 138,313
- South-Eastern Asia and the Pacific: Lower-middle income 99,838
- South America 98,623
- MENA 88,391
- Arab League 81,486
- Central Africa 73,792
- World: High income 61,034
About this data
Imputed observations are not based on national data, are subject to high uncertainty and should not be used for country comparisons or rankings. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. 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. For more information, refer to the ILO Modelled Estimates (ILOEST) database description.