SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Pakistan
Pakistan: SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total was 88.69 in 2025. ▲ Rising
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Pakistan, 2009–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Pakistan is 88.69, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Pakistan peaked at 88.69 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 81.07, in 2009.
That places Pakistan 7th out of 83 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 81.07 | — |
| 2010 | 81.28 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 82.5 | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 81.84 | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 83.57 | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 82.72 | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 81.99 | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 82.4 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 84.34 | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 88.69 | +5.2% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 88.69 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 84.04, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81.07 | 81.07 | 81.07 | 1 |
| 2010s | 82.33 | 81.28 | 83.57 | 7 |
| 2020s | 86.51 | 84.34 | 88.69 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More work & labour data for Pakistan
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.1692 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.1658 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.1724 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4553 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 2.11 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 160,228 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 146,712 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 259,090 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 251,911 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 511,001 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Pakistan?
- Sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total in Pakistan was 88.69 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 88.69 in 2025.
- What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.07 in 2009.
- How does Pakistan rank for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total?
- Pakistan ranks 7th out of 83 countries with data for 2025.
- Is sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.