SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Netherlands
Netherlands: SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total was 5.05 in 2025. ▼ Falling
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Netherlands, 2007–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 5.05 for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.9% on the previous year and down 60.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Netherlands peaked at 14 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4.88, in 2021.
Netherlands ranks 64th of 83 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 9.94 | — |
| 2008 | 11.81 | +18.8% |
| 2009 | 12.33 | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 13.33 | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 12.22 | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 12.88 | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 12.25 | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 12 | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 12.66 | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 13.33 | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 13.51 | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 13.69 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 13.63 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 14 | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 4.88 | -65.2% |
| 2022 | 5.09 | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 5.04 | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 5.42 | +7.5% |
| 2025 | 5.05 | -6.9% |
Netherlands compared with similar countries
- Netherlands's 5.05 is above the median for high income countries, which is 4.46, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Netherlands's 5.05 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4.49, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Netherlands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -65.2% | 14 | 4.88 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.36 | 9.94 | 12.33 | 3 |
| 2010s | 12.95 | 12 | 13.69 | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.58 | 4.88 | 14 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More work & labour data for Netherlands
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 5,256 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.71 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 10,535 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.03 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.834 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 130,584 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 94,797 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 64.03 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.4 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.1112 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Netherlands?
- Sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Netherlands was 5.05 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 14 in 2020.
- What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.88 in 2021.
- How does Netherlands rank for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total?
- Netherlands ranks 64th out of 83 countries with data for 2025.
- Is sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands 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.