SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina: SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total was 7.83 in 2025. ▼ Falling
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2021–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded 7.83 for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 7.8% on the previous year and down 32.7% over five years.
Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 25th of 47 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Bosnia and Herzegovina, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11.64 | — |
| 2022 | 9.35 | -19.7% |
| 2023 | 8.67 | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 8.49 | -2.0% |
| 2025 | 7.83 | -7.8% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina compared with similar countries
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 7.83 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 36.83, 21% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina's 7.83 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4.32, 1.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Bosnia and Herzegovina
More work & labour data for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -1.02 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -1.04 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.2135 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 1,976 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,082 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 676.82 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 689.64 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 1,366 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- Sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 7.83 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The highest recorded value was 11.64 in 2021.
- What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.83 in 2025.
- How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total?
- Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 25th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Bosnia and Herzegovina data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.