Informal employment rate in Southern Asia: Lower-middle income
Southern Asia: Lower-middle income: Informal employment rate was 86.28 in 2027. ▬ Flat
Informal employment rate in Southern Asia: Lower-middle income, 2004–2027
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Southern Asia: Lower-middle income recorded 86.28 for informal employment rate in 2027. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, informal employment rate in Southern Asia: Lower-middle income peaked at 91.18 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 86.28, in 2027.
That places Southern Asia: Lower-middle income 9th out of 87 groups with data for 2027, putting it in the top 10%.
Informal employment rate in Southern Asia: Lower-middle income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 91.18 | — |
| 2005 | 90.49 | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 90.06 | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 89.79 | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 89.83 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 89.65 | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 88.82 | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 88.76 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 88.7 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 88.54 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 88.59 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 88.31 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 88.09 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 88 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 87.75 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 87.82 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 88.12 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 87.81 | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 87.62 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 87.54 | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 87.34 | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 87.21 | -0.2% |
| 2026 | 86.76 | -0.5% |
| 2027 | 86.28 | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 90.17 | 89.65 | 91.18 | 6 |
| 2010s | 88.34 | 87.75 | 88.82 | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.33 | 86.28 | 88.12 | 8 |
More work & labour data for Southern Asia: Lower-middle income
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 819,897 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 55.27 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 663,396 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.53 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 26,697 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 6,613 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 52.85 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.43 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2027)
- Employment (ILO modelled estimates) 760,386 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is informal employment rate in Southern Asia: Lower-middle income?
- Informal employment rate in Southern Asia: Lower-middle income was 86.28 in 2027, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest informal employment rate recorded in Southern Asia: Lower-middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 91.18 in 2004.
- What is the lowest informal employment rate recorded in Southern Asia: Lower-middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.28 in 2027.
- How does Southern Asia: Lower-middle income rank for informal employment rate?
- Southern Asia: Lower-middle income ranks 9th out of 87 groups with data for 2027.
- Is informal employment rate rising or falling in Southern Asia: Lower-middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern Asia: Lower-middle income 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.