Informal employment (% of total agricultural employment) by country
This indicator shows the share of workers at working age in informal employment in agricultural activities out of total employment in agricultural activities, expressed as a percentage. Informal employment comprises persons whose main or secondary jobs are informal. For own-account workers and employers,...
What the numbers show
Informal employment (% of total agricultural employment) is currently reported for 44 countries. The highest value is 99.5% in Angola; the lowest is 3.0% in Spain.
The median across all reporting countries is 38.9%, and the mean is 44.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 33.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Estonia (up 114.7%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 87.0%).
Informal employment: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 99.5% | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 2 | Rwanda | 98.9% | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 98.7% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 4 | Botswana | 97.9% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 5 | Georgia | 95.8% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 6 | Mongolia | 95.6% | 2025 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 7 | Armenia | 95.1% | 2024 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 8 | El Salvador | 94.9% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 9 | Jordan | 93.4% | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 10 | Zambia | 92.3% | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 11 | Panama | 92.2% | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 86.6% | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 13 | Brazil | 74.0% | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 62.0% | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 15 | Costa Rica | 55.6% | 2025 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 16 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 50.7% | 2018 | — | falling |
| 17 | Serbia | 49.7% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 47.1% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 19 | Uruguay | 46.3% | 2025 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 20 | Slovenia | 41.3% | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 21 | Chile | 41.0% | 2025 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 22 | Denmark | 40.1% | 2019 | up 56.0% | rising |
| 23 | Hungary | 37.7% | 2020 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 24 | Lithuania | 32.6% | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 25 | Norway | 29.1% | 2022 | down 24.9% | flat |
| 26 | Latvia | 28.3% | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 27 | Estonia | 20.2% | 2024 | up 114.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Croatia | 19.9% | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 29 | Belgium | 17.4% | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 30 | Italy | 16.0% | 2024 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 14.3% | 2024 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 32 | Portugal | 12.6% | 2024 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 33 | Greece | 11.5% | 2024 | down 25.6% | flat |
| 34 | Finland | 10.4% | 2024 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Netherlands | 9.9% | 2024 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Ireland | 9.2% | 2024 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 37 | France | 9.0% | 2024 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 38 | Czechia | 8.7% | 2024 | down 65.0% | falling |
| 39 | Cyprus | 7.5% | 2024 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Slovakia | 7.1% | 2024 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 41 | Switzerland | 5.6% | 2024 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 42 | Sweden | 5.1% | 2024 | down 67.5% | falling |
| 43 | Austria | 4.7% | 2024 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 44 | Spain | 3.0% | 2024 | down 57.7% | falling |
About this data
This indicator shows the share of workers at working age in informal employment in agricultural activities out of total employment in agricultural activities, expressed as a percentage. Informal employment comprises persons whose main or secondary jobs are informal. For own-account workers and employers, informality is determined by enterprise characteristics (unincorporated, market-based, and unregistered); for contributing family workers, it is determined by the absence of written contracts and lack of coverage under labor legislation; and for employees, it is determined by whether the employment relationship is not subject to national labor legislation, income taxation, or social protection. The data are based on the statistical standards adopted by the 19th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS).