SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Mongolia
Mongolia: SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total was 36.83 in 2025. ▼ Falling
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Mongolia, 2019–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 36.83 for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and down 17.3% over ten years.
Mongolia ranks 12th of 47 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 44.53 | — |
| 2020 | 44.18 | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 43.07 | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 43.1 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 40.88 | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 35.09 | -14.2% |
| 2025 | 36.83 | +5.0% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 36.83 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 36.83, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 44.53 | 44.53 | 44.53 | 1 |
| 2020s | 40.52 | 35.09 | 44.18 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More work & labour data for Mongolia
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.1039 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.1076 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.0999 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.07 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 1.05 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 3,167 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 908.11 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,756 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,763 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,519 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Mongolia?
- Sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Mongolia was 36.83 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 44.53 in 2019.
- What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.09 in 2024.
- How does Mongolia rank for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total?
- Mongolia ranks 12th out of 47 countries with data for 2025.
- Is sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.