SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Angola
Angola: SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total was 94.49 in 2025. ▲ Rising
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Angola, 2004–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Angola is 94.49, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Angola peaked at 95.28 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 79.16, in 2004.
Angola ranks 1st of 83 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Angola, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 79.16 | — |
| 2011 | 84.32 | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 88.06 | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 89.1 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 89.39 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 92.14 | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 95.19 | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 95.28 | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 94.49 | -0.8% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 94.49 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 84.04, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Angola's 94.49 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 85, 1.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 79.16 | 79.16 | 79.16 | 1 |
| 2010s | 86.19 | 84.32 | 88.06 | 2 |
| 2020s | 92.6 | 89.1 | 95.28 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Angola
More work & labour data for Angola
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.7608 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.7449 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.7758 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6791 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.8 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 61,132 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 14,914 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 76,286 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 73,759 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 150,046 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Angola?
- Sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Angola was 94.49 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 95.28 in 2024.
- What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.16 in 2004.
- How does Angola rank for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total?
- Angola ranks 1st out of 83 countries with data for 2025.
- Is sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola 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 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13). 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.