Informal employment (ILO modelled estimates) in Americas: High income
Americas: High income: Informal employment (ILO modelled estimates) was 20,469 in 2027. ▲ Rising
Informal employment in Americas: High income, 2004–2027
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2027, informal employment in Americas: High income stood at 20,469.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, informal employment in Americas: High income peaked at 20,915 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 17,521, in 2004.
Americas: High income ranks 51st of 87 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Informal employment (ILO modelled estimates) in Americas: High income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 17,521 | — |
| 2005 | 17,851 | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 18,242 | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 18,428 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 18,408 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 17,961 | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 18,099 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 18,188 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 18,633 | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 18,864 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 19,170 | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 19,476 | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 19,668 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 20,069 | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 20,501 | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 20,820 | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 18,504 | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 19,382 | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 20,556 | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 20,700 | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 20,915 | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 20,828 | -0.4% |
| 2026 | 20,633 | -0.9% |
| 2027 | 20,469 | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18,069 | 17,521 | 18,428 | 6 |
| 2010s | 19,349 | 18,099 | 20,820 | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,248 | 18,504 | 20,915 | 8 |
More work & labour data for Americas: High income
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 221,000 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 61.43 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 138,750 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 5.03 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.05 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 148,688 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 127,796 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 58.34 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.27 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.3993 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is informal employment in Americas: High income?
- Informal employment in Americas: High income was 20,469 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest informal employment recorded in Americas: High income?
- The highest recorded value was 20,915 in 2024.
- What is the lowest informal employment recorded in Americas: High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,521 in 2004.
- How does Americas: High income rank for informal employment?
- Americas: High income ranks 51st out of 87 groups with data for 2027.
- Is informal employment rising or falling in Americas: High income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas: High income data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Informal employment (ILO modelled estimates). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.