Informal employment rate in APEC
APEC: Informal employment rate was 44.78 in 2027. ▼ Falling
Informal employment rate in APEC, 2004–2027
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
APEC recorded 44.78 for informal employment rate in 2027. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, informal employment rate in APEC peaked at 53.09 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 44.78, in 2027.
APEC ranks 51st of 87 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Informal employment rate in APEC, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 53.09 | — |
| 2005 | 52.09 | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 51.75 | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 51.2 | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 50.9 | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 50.91 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 50.48 | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 49.85 | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 49.41 | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 48.55 | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 48.12 | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 47.49 | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 46.95 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 46.47 | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 45.85 | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 45.46 | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 45.27 | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 45.87 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 45.22 | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 45.19 | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 45.18 | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 45.18 | +0.0% |
| 2026 | 44.99 | -0.4% |
| 2027 | 44.78 | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.66 | 50.9 | 53.09 | 6 |
| 2010s | 47.86 | 45.46 | 50.48 | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.21 | 44.78 | 45.87 | 8 |
More work & labour data for APEC
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 906,140 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 1.60 million (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 63.86 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.54 % change on previous year (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 41,946 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 67,067 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 61.39 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.953 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 3.87 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.2228 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is informal employment rate in APEC?
- Informal employment rate in APEC was 44.78 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest informal employment rate recorded in APEC?
- The highest recorded value was 53.09 in 2004.
- What is the lowest informal employment rate recorded in APEC?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.78 in 2027.
- How does APEC rank for informal employment rate?
- APEC ranks 51st out of 87 groups with data for 2027.
- Is informal employment rate rising or falling in APEC?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this APEC data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Informal employment rate (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.