Share of workers in informal employment: men vs. women by country

Share of employed males working in jobs that lack basic social or legal protection and employment benefits. Does not include illegal and illicit activities. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.

Countries reporting
82
Highest
93.2%
Angola
Lowest
0.6%
Malta
Median
36.3%
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
1,190

What the numbers show

Share of workers in informal employment: men vs. women is currently reported for 82 countries. The highest value is 93.2% in Angola; the lowest is 0.6% in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 36.3%, and the mean is 39.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 161.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 143.7%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 87.5%).

Share of workers in informal employment: men vs. women: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Angola 93.2% 2024 up 20.7% rising
2 Uganda 92.5% 2021 down 3.6% flat
3 Mali 91.7% 2023 down 1.8% flat
4 Côte d'Ivoire 89.2% 2022 down 4.7% falling
5 Senegal 87.5% 2024 down 3.0% flat
6 Pakistan 87.4% 2025 up 9.3% rising
7 India 86.6% 2024 down 2.7% flat
8 Honduras 83.6% 2017 up 11.0% rising
9 Zimbabwe 82.5% 2024 down 0.0% rising
10 Rwanda 82.2% 2024 up 1.8% flat
11 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 81.9% 2024 down 14.2% rising
12 Indonesia 80.0% 2023 down 5.2% falling
13 Zambia 79.0% 2024 up 0.9% flat
14 Botswana 78.4% 2024 up 8.8% falling
15 Myanmar 78.2% 2020 down 3.9% flat
16 Bangladesh 78.1% 2024 down 10.7% falling
17 Armenia 75.2% 2017 up 43.9% rising
18 Guatemala 73.2% 2024 down 5.9% flat
19 Sri Lanka 71.4% 2023 down 1.1% flat
20 Viet Nam 69.4% 2024 down 10.3% falling
21 Peru 68.2% 2025 up 4.6% falling
22 Egypt 67.9% 2024 up 17.2% rising
23 Ecuador 67.7% 2025 up 19.3% falling
24 Thailand 63.9% 2024 down 16.6% falling
25 Paraguay 63.5% 2025 down 9.5% falling
26 Jamaica 63.5% 2023 down 1.3% flat
27 El Salvador 62.8% 2024 down 7.7% falling
28 Panama 60.7% 2024 up 19.6% rising
29 Kyrgyzstan 60.0% 2023 up 8.2% rising
30 Dominican Republic 58.6% 2024 up 5.4% falling
31 Colombia 58.2% 2025 down 8.4% falling
32 Jordan 57.7% 2023 up 23.4% rising
33 Grenada 57.2% 2023 up 2.8% flat
34 Mexico 56.3% 2024 down 4.1% falling
35 Georgia 53.5% 2024 up 2.2% flat
36 Namibia 53.0% 2018 up 10.2% rising
37 Republic of Moldova 52.1% 2024 down 11.4% rising
38 Argentina 51.3% 2024 up 7.2% falling
39 Palestine, State of 51.0% 2025 down 9.1% falling
40 Costa Rica 37.4% 2025 down 3.7% flat
41 Brazil 37.2% 2025 down 10.7% falling
42 Saint Lucia 35.4% 2024 down 6.9% falling
43 South Africa 35.0% 2024 up 17.9% falling
44 Mongolia 30.6% 2024 down 42.7% falling
45 Uruguay 29.6% 2024 up 24.3% falling
46 Mauritius 26.8% 2024 down 51.5% falling
47 Chile 25.1% 2025 down 33.1% falling
48 Türkiye 24.1% 2024 down 20.0% falling
49 Brunei Darussalam 21.8% 2024 down 38.2% falling
50 Russian Federation 19.8% 2024 down 1.4% rising
51 Serbia 16.4% 2024 down 26.8% falling
52 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.4% 2024 down 56.4% falling
53 North Macedonia 13.3% 2024 down 59.0% falling
54 Poland 7.8% 2024 down 33.8% falling
55 Slovakia 5.5% 2024 up 95.4% volatile
56 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.2% 2018 down 23.2% falling
57 Portugal 4.3% 2024 down 43.5% falling
58 Lithuania 3.2% 2024 up 31.0% falling
59 Italy 3.1% 2024 down 2.5% rising
60 France 3.0% 2024 down 38.9% falling
61 Sweden 3.0% 2024 down 8.7% falling
62 Denmark 2.8% 2019 down 39.3% volatile
63 Greece 2.6% 2024 down 42.9% falling
64 Estonia 2.5% 2024 up 2.5% falling
65 Luxembourg 2.1% 2024 up 143.7% volatile
66 Finland 2.1% 2024 up 40.1% falling
67 Netherlands 2.0% 2024 down 15.0% falling
68 Ireland 1.7% 2024 down 60.5% falling
69 Norway 1.7% 2024 down 9.7% falling
70 Latvia 1.6% 2024 down 51.5% falling
71 Iceland 1.5% 2020 down 30.6% falling
72 Spain 1.5% 2024 down 65.8% falling
73 Austria 1.4% 2024 up 38.2% rising
74 Czechia 1.1% 2024 up 54.9% rising
75 Cyprus 1.0% 2024 down 48.8% falling
76 Hungary 0.9% 2020 down 34.3% rising
77 Switzerland 0.9% 2024 up 15.8% volatile
78 Bulgaria 0.9% 2024 down 87.5% volatile
79 Belgium 0.8% 2024 down 56.3% falling
80 Slovenia 0.7% 2024 down 64.4% falling
81 Croatia 0.6% 2024 down 63.3% falling
82 Malta 0.6% 2020 down 60.3% falling

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Indicator
Share of workers in informal employment: men vs. women
Unit
%
Source
International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
82 places, 1,190 data points, 2000–2025
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Share of employed males working in jobs that lack basic social or legal protection and employment benefits. Does not include illegal and illicit activities. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.