Informal employment in World: High income
World: High income: Informal employment was 61,034 in 2027. ▲ Rising
Informal employment in World: High income, 2004–2027
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
World: High income recorded 61,034 for informal employment in 2027.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, informal employment in World: High income peaked at 62,731 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 51,252, in 2004.
World: High income ranks 40th 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 in World: High income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 51,252 | — |
| 2005 | 51,965 | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 52,930 | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 53,957 | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 53,869 | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 53,392 | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 54,824 | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 55,972 | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 58,536 | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 58,886 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 60,022 | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 60,905 | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 60,726 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 62,566 | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 62,506 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 62,731 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 58,499 | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 60,089 | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 60,299 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 60,333 | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 62,449 | +3.5% |
| 2025 | 62,402 | -0.1% |
| 2026 | 61,680 | -1.2% |
| 2027 | 61,034 | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52,894 | 51,252 | 53,957 | 6 |
| 2010s | 59,767 | 54,824 | 62,731 | 10 |
| 2020s | 60,848 | 58,499 | 62,449 | 8 |
More work & labour data for World: High income
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 733,222 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 478,257 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 60.52 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate -0.0093 % change on previous year (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.01 % change on previous year (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 57.85 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 123,874 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 89,163 (2027)
- Employment 701,318 (2025)
- Employment (ILO modelled estimates) 701,318 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is informal employment in World: High income?
- Informal employment in World: High income was 61,034 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest informal employment recorded in World: High income?
- The highest recorded value was 62,731 in 2019.
- What is the lowest informal employment recorded in World: High income?
- The lowest recorded value was 51,252 in 2004.
- How does World: High income rank for informal employment?
- World: High income ranks 40th out of 87 groups with data for 2027.
- Is informal employment rising or falling in World: High income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World: 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.