Informal employment in STEM occupations (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) by country
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have...
What the numbers show
Informal employment in STEM occupations (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) is currently reported for 39 countries. The highest value is 1,454 in Brazil; the lowest is 0.152 in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 40.25, and the mean is 182.58.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9,565.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Georgia (up 510.0%), and the largest decrease in Mauritius (down 77.7%).
Informal employment in STEM occupations: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 1,454 | 2025 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 2 | Pakistan | 1,175 | 2025 | up 276.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Mexico | 981.51 | 2026 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 4 | Thailand | 541.15 | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 5 | Argentina | 508.44 | 2025 | up 88.1% | rising |
| 6 | Egypt | 504.21 | 2024 | up 190.5% | rising |
| 7 | Colombia | 385.21 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 8 | Angola | 274.21 | 2025 | up 213.8% | rising |
| 9 | Viet Nam | 169.18 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 10 | Uganda | 159.98 | 2021 | up 109.7% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 130.91 | 2025 | down 8.5% | flat |
| 12 | Guatemala | 91.95 | 2025 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 13 | Türkiye | 90.86 | 2025 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 83.56 | 2024 | up 53.4% | rising |
| 15 | Ecuador | 63.25 | 2025 | up 122.1% | rising |
| 16 | Myanmar | 62.74 | 2020 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 17 | Kyrgyzstan | 48.89 | 2023 | up 138.8% | rising |
| 18 | Georgia | 47.67 | 2025 | up 510.0% | rising |
| 19 | Senegal | 45.99 | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 20 | Zimbabwe | 40.25 | 2024 | up 94.1% | rising |
| 21 | Uruguay | 35 | 2025 | up 422.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Rwanda | 30.14 | 2025 | up 120.5% | rising |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 29.42 | 2025 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 24 | El Salvador | 29.41 | 2025 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Panama | 25.56 | 2025 | up 69.5% | rising |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 17.44 | 2025 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 27 | Zambia | 16.57 | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 28 | Botswana | 16.26 | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 29 | Jordan | 16.26 | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 30 | Palestine, State of | 9.78 | 2025 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 31 | Serbia | 9.49 | 2019 | up 112.6% | rising |
| 32 | Brunei Darussalam | 6.98 | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 33 | Mongolia | 4.77 | 2025 | down 14.2% | flat |
| 34 | Guyana | 4.05 | 2024 | up 89.2% | rising |
| 35 | Mauritius | 3.92 | 2024 | down 77.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.66 | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 2.58 | 2025 | up 70.9% | falling |
| 38 | Grenada | 0.356 | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 39 | Seychelles | 0.152 | 2025 | down 34.2% | rising |
About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.