Informal employment (ILO modelled estimates) in Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income
Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income: Informal employment (ILO modelled estimates) was 4,882 in 2027. ▼ Falling
Informal employment in Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income, 2004–2027
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income recorded 4,882 for informal employment in 2027. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, informal employment in Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income peaked at 6,829 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 4,882, in 2027.
Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income ranks 78th of 87 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Informal employment (ILO modelled estimates) in Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6,661 | — |
| 2005 | 6,673 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 6,588 | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 6,610 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 6,461 | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 6,346 | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 6,829 | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 6,708 | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 6,670 | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 6,661 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 6,580 | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 6,558 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 6,562 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 6,349 | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 6,172 | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 6,151 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 5,838 | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 5,785 | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 5,245 | -9.3% |
| 2023 | 4,893 | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 4,919 | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 4,964 | +0.9% |
| 2026 | 4,966 | +0.0% |
| 2027 | 4,882 | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,556 | 6,346 | 6,673 | 6 |
| 2010s | 6,524 | 6,151 | 6,829 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,186 | 4,882 | 5,838 | 8 |
More work & labour data for Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 24,848 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 56.34 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 19,252 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 7.84 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.23 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 42,205 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 7,115 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 51.93 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) -0.1344 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate -0.2193 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is informal employment in Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income?
- Informal employment in Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income was 4,882 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest informal employment recorded in Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 6,829 in 2010.
- What is the lowest informal employment recorded in Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,882 in 2027.
- How does Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income rank for informal employment?
- Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income ranks 78th out of 87 groups with data for 2027.
- Is informal employment rising or falling in Eastern Europe: Upper-middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Europe: Upper-middle 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.