SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) by country
Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. This indicator conveys the share of informal employment in total employment. Employment comprises all persons of working age who, during a specified brief period, were either...
What the numbers show
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 94.09 in Angola; the lowest is 0.857 in Hungary.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.35, and the mean is 23.72.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 110.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Croatia (up 219.6%), and the largest decrease in Czechia (down 81.3%).
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 94.09 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 2 | Rwanda | 86.75 | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 73.86 | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 4 | Botswana | 72.31 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 5 | Zambia | 68.9 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 6 | Vietnam | 64.57 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 7 | El Salvador | 59.48 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 8 | Panama | 55.73 | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 9 | Jordan | 54.2 | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 10 | Georgia | 51.61 | 2025 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 11 | Guyana | 48.82 | 2024 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 12 | Mongolia | 36.83 | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 36.11 | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 14 | Brazil | 35.62 | 2025 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 15 | Uruguay | 32.51 | 2025 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 16 | Armenia | 32.02 | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 17 | Chile | 26.18 | 2025 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 18 | United Kingdom | 19.81 | 2018 | — | rising |
| 19 | Russia | 19.23 | 2025 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 20 | Moldova | 18.01 | 2025 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 21 | Croatia | 14.82 | 2025 | up 219.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Serbia | 11.44 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 23 | Latvia | 8.91 | 2025 | up 85.5% | rising |
| 24 | Italy | 8.35 | 2025 | up 118.0% | rising |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.83 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 26 | Slovakia | 6.25 | 2025 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 27 | Estonia | 6.1 | 2025 | up 144.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Austria | 5.5 | 2025 | up 181.9% | rising |
| 29 | Netherlands | 5.05 | 2025 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 30 | Lithuania | 4.49 | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 4.43 | 2025 | up 155.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Greece | 4.2 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 33 | Spain | 3.8 | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 3.58 | 2025 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 35 | Ireland | 3.42 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 36 | France | 3.39 | 2025 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 37 | Slovenia | 3.35 | 2025 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 38 | Czechia | 3.34 | 2025 | down 81.3% | falling |
| 39 | Sweden | 3.23 | 2025 | down 17.9% | flat |
| 40 | Norway | 3.15 | 2025 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 41 | Cyprus | 2.91 | 2025 | down 75.9% | falling |
| 42 | Belgium | 2.45 | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 43 | Portugal | 2.33 | 2025 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 44 | Denmark | 2.22 | 2025 | down 78.4% | falling |
| 45 | Finland | 1.54 | 2025 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Switzerland | 1.09 | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 47 | Hungary | 0.857 | 2020 | down 69.4% | volatile |
About this data
Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. This indicator conveys the share of informal employment in total employment. Employment comprises all persons of working age who, during a specified brief period, were either in paid employment (whether at work or with a job but not at work) or in self-employment (whether at work or with an enterprise but not at work). 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. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) available for that year. Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISIC. For more information, refer to the Labour Market-related SDG Indicators (ILOSDG) database description.