SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Chile
Chile: SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total was 26.37 in 2025. ▼ Falling
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Chile, 2010–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Chile is 26.37, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 4.0% on the previous year and down 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Chile peaked at 42.1 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 25.83, in 2020.
That places Chile 48th out of 83 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Chile, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 42.1 | — |
| 2011 | 39.87 | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 38.47 | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 38.46 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 38.9 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 39.01 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 39.55 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 29.31 | -25.9% |
| 2018 | 28.13 | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 28.07 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 25.83 | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 27.35 | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 27.36 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 27.36 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 27.46 | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 26.37 | -4.0% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 26.37 is above the median for high income countries, which is 4.46, 5.9× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Chile's 26.37 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 55.18, 48% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Chile changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -25.9% | 39.55 | 29.31 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 36.19 | 28.07 | 42.1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.95 | 25.83 | 27.46 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More work & labour data for Chile
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Chile?
- Sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Chile was 26.37 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 42.1 in 2010.
- What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.83 in 2020.
- How does Chile rank for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total?
- Chile ranks 48th out of 83 countries with data for 2025.
- Is sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile 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.